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... influence of his writings over the god- less generation , in which his destiny was cast , that influence is likely to increase in the better times that have succeeded ; and the homage which he wrung from many a reluctant contemporary ...
... influence of his writings over the god- less generation , in which his destiny was cast , that influence is likely to increase in the better times that have succeeded ; and the homage which he wrung from many a reluctant contemporary ...
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... influence of climate and locality in the for- mation of dialects . It comprises , too , an admirable critique on the noble poem of the Lusiad , which in allusion to the great national catastrophe that so soon followed on its pub ...
... influence of climate and locality in the for- mation of dialects . It comprises , too , an admirable critique on the noble poem of the Lusiad , which in allusion to the great national catastrophe that so soon followed on its pub ...
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... influence which climate , circumstance , and national character have exerted over all . The object of the former was to point out the general threads of primeval truth in the fabric of Pa- ganism - that of the latter to trace the later ...
... influence which climate , circumstance , and national character have exerted over all . The object of the former was to point out the general threads of primeval truth in the fabric of Pa- ganism - that of the latter to trace the later ...
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... influence he has exerted on his age , were we to confine our attention solely to his larger works . Throughout his whole life , he was an assiduous contri- butor to periodical literature - a species of writing which , in the present age ...
... influence he has exerted on his age , were we to confine our attention solely to his larger works . Throughout his whole life , he was an assiduous contri- butor to periodical literature - a species of writing which , in the present age ...
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... influence it has exerted on the destinies of mankind , and to the various modifications which the religion , the government , the laws , the manners , and habits of different nations have caused it to undergo . The first quality that ...
... influence it has exerted on the destinies of mankind , and to the various modifications which the religion , the government , the laws , the manners , and habits of different nations have caused it to undergo . The first quality that ...
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