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their best deeds misrepresented , and motives attri- buted to them which their purer minds would have disdained to own . Whence it comes to pass that men's virtues are , by the malignity of party , distorted into vices .
their best deeds misrepresented , and motives attri- buted to them which their purer minds would have disdained to own . Whence it comes to pass that men's virtues are , by the malignity of party , distorted into vices .
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their best deeds misrepresented , and motives attri- buted to them which their purer minds would have disdained to own . Whence it comes to pass that men's virtues are , by the malignity of party , distorted into vices .
their best deeds misrepresented , and motives attri- buted to them which their purer minds would have disdained to own . Whence it comes to pass that men's virtues are , by the malignity of party , distorted into vices .
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In his intellectual character , or in his endeavours to exercise and improve the powers of his mind , he seems , almost from the first dawn of the reasoning faculty within him , to have pursued that path of study best suited to his ...
In his intellectual character , or in his endeavours to exercise and improve the powers of his mind , he seems , almost from the first dawn of the reasoning faculty within him , to have pursued that path of study best suited to his ...
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means of tracing his natural disposition to excitement , with its influence on the mind . His mother left two other children : one a son , William , afterwards a Colonel in the Royal Artillery ; the other a daughter , Georgina ...
means of tracing his natural disposition to excitement , with its influence on the mind . His mother left two other children : one a son , William , afterwards a Colonel in the Royal Artillery ; the other a daughter , Georgina ...
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... boy's mind , his taste , his judgment , astonish me , if possible , even more than the vigour and grace of his fancy . " - Letters , vol . ii . p . 131 . Since I had last the pleasure of being with you 8 LETTERS TO MISS SEWARD .
... boy's mind , his taste , his judgment , astonish me , if possible , even more than the vigour and grace of his fancy . " - Letters , vol . ii . p . 131 . Since I had last the pleasure of being with you 8 LETTERS TO MISS SEWARD .
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| Title | Works, Volume 1 Works, Henry Francis Cary |
| Editor | Henry Francis Cary |
| Publisher | H. G. Bohn, 1847 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2006 |
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