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... sometimes with pencil on canvas , sometimes with chisel on stone ; sometimes in towers and aisles of granite , his soul's worship is builded . Man is the wonder- The stationariness of re- • maker . He is seen amid miracles . • ligion ...
... sometimes with pencil on canvas , sometimes with chisel on stone ; sometimes in towers and aisles of granite , his soul's worship is builded . Man is the wonder- The stationariness of re- • maker . He is seen amid miracles . • ligion ...
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... sometimes hear it said , ' that such and such an author does not express in simple , intelligible , unaffected English such admirable matter as his . ' They little think that it is the strangeness and obscurity of the style that make ...
... sometimes hear it said , ' that such and such an author does not express in simple , intelligible , unaffected English such admirable matter as his . ' They little think that it is the strangeness and obscurity of the style that make ...
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... sometimes assigned this as a reason for touching on those subjects . Hence , it has been inferred by more than one critic , that I must be at variance with the generality of mankind in most of my opinions ; or , at least , must wish to ...
... sometimes assigned this as a reason for touching on those subjects . Hence , it has been inferred by more than one critic , that I must be at variance with the generality of mankind in most of my opinions ; or , at least , must wish to ...
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... sometimes grievously misunderstood , by many of his readers who were not so familiar as he had expected them to be , with his previous works , and with others which had been alluded to , but not cited . Cavillers , however - persons of ...
... sometimes grievously misunderstood , by many of his readers who were not so familiar as he had expected them to be , with his previous works , and with others which had been alluded to , but not cited . Cavillers , however - persons of ...
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... sometimes called indifference , or impartiality , i . e . , of the judgment , does not imply an indifference of the will - an absence of all wish on either side , but merely an absence of all influence of the wishes in forming our ...
... sometimes called indifference , or impartiality , i . e . , of the judgment , does not imply an indifference of the will - an absence of all wish on either side , but merely an absence of all influence of the wishes in forming our ...
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Common terms and phrases
advantage Æneid ancient ANNOTATIONS ANTITHETA Aristotle atheists Augustus Cæsar Bacon believe better Bishop Butler Cæsar called cause character christian Church common commonly contrary counsel course cunning danger desire divine doctrine doth doubt Edinburgh Review effect envy Epicurus error ESSAY evil favour fear feel Galba give hath helotism Henry VII honour human important infallible instance judgment Julius Cæsar keep kind king labour less maketh man's matter means men's ment merely mind moral nature never object observed opinion opposite party perceive perhaps persons political Pompey practice princes principle profess racter reason regard religion religious remarkable Roman Roman Catholic saith Scripture seditions sense side sometimes speak superstition supposed sure Tacitus things thou thought tion true truth unto usury Vespasian virtue wealth wisdom wise word