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... give to them a peculiar charm , an air of nobleness and freedom , which distinguishes them from all other writings of the same class . They remind us of the amusements of those angelic warriors who composed the cohort of Gabriel ...
... give to them a peculiar charm , an air of nobleness and freedom , which distinguishes them from all other writings of the same class . They remind us of the amusements of those angelic warriors who composed the cohort of Gabriel ...
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... give their antagonist the advantage of sun and wind . We will take the naked , constitutional question . We confidently affirm , that every reason , which can be urged in favour of the Revolution of 1688 , may be urged with at least ...
... give their antagonist the advantage of sun and wind . We will take the naked , constitutional question . We confidently affirm , that every reason , which can be urged in favour of the Revolution of 1688 , may be urged with at least ...
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... give his assent , for five subsidies . The bill receives his solemn assent . The subsidies are voted . But no sooner is the tyrant relieved , than he returns at once to all the arbitrary measures which he had bound himself to abandon ...
... give his assent , for five subsidies . The bill receives his solemn assent . The subsidies are voted . But no sooner is the tyrant relieved , than he returns at once to all the arbitrary measures which he had bound himself to abandon ...
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... gives orders for the murder of his lieutenant ; he ends by murdering himself . Yet he never loses the esteem and affection ... give an extraordinary interest to his character . Iago , on the contrary , is the object of universal loathing ...
... gives orders for the murder of his lieutenant ; he ends by murdering himself . Yet he never loses the esteem and affection ... give an extraordinary interest to his character . Iago , on the contrary , is the object of universal loathing ...
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... give an opinion ; but we are cer merit in the service of the King of Spain . He tain that his book is most able and interesting visits Florence on his way from Lombardy to | As a commentary on the history of his times his own demains ...
... give an opinion ; but we are cer merit in the service of the King of Spain . He tain that his book is most able and interesting visits Florence on his way from Lombardy to | As a commentary on the history of his times his own demains ...
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