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... feelings which , however unreasonable , no go- vernment could safely venture to outrage . But , though we think the ... feeling , which would have restrained us from committing the act , would have led us , after it had been committed ...
... feelings which , however unreasonable , no go- vernment could safely venture to outrage . But , though we think the ... feeling , which would have restrained us from committing the act , would have led us , after it had been committed ...
Page 16
... feelings on one subject made them tranquil on every other . One overpowering sentiment had and fear . Death had lost its terrors and plea subjected to itself pity and hatred , ambition their tears , their raptures and their sorrows ...
... feelings on one subject made them tranquil on every other . One overpowering sentiment had and fear . Death had lost its terrors and plea subjected to itself pity and hatred , ambition their tears , their raptures and their sorrows ...
Page 18
... feelings by which the gallant cavaliers were misled . But of those feelings he was the mas- ter and not the slave . Like the hero of Homer , he enjoyed all the pleasures of fascination ; but he was not fascinated . He listened to the ...
... feelings by which the gallant cavaliers were misled . But of those feelings he was the mas- ter and not the slave . Like the hero of Homer , he enjoyed all the pleasures of fascination ; but he was not fascinated . He listened to the ...
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... feelings . Yet we their performances , to analyze the peculiari- cannot be ashamed of them ; nor shall we be ties of their diction , to dwell at some length sorry if what we have written shall in any de . on the sublime wisdom of the ...
... feelings . Yet we their performances , to analyze the peculiari- cannot be ashamed of them ; nor shall we be ties of their diction , to dwell at some length sorry if what we have written shall in any de . on the sublime wisdom of the ...
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... feelings concurred to of the daily exercise of years could train the mitigate the hostility of those who had lately ... feeling some interest in its greatness . Its victories are their victories . Its defeats are their defeats . The ...
... feelings concurred to of the daily exercise of years could train the mitigate the hostility of those who had lately ... feeling some interest in its greatness . Its victories are their victories . Its defeats are their defeats . The ...
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