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Page 28
... mind is occupied by no with an universal glare . Outlines and tints strong feeling ; it takes every character , and are forgotten , in the common blaze which retains none ; its aspect is diversified , not by illuminates all . The ...
... mind is occupied by no with an universal glare . Outlines and tints strong feeling ; it takes every character , and are forgotten , in the common blaze which retains none ; its aspect is diversified , not by illuminates all . The ...
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... mind , found a more powerful and durable excitement in the intense thirst of empire and revenge ; who emerged from ... mind of Julius . It divided with manuscripts and sauces , painters and falcons , the attention of the frivolous Leo ...
... mind , found a more powerful and durable excitement in the intense thirst of empire and revenge ; who emerged from ... mind of Julius . It divided with manuscripts and sauces , painters and falcons , the attention of the frivolous Leo ...
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... mind of the writer , into a rare and exquisite harmony . His skill in the de- talis of business had not been acquired at the expense of his general powers . It had not tendered his mind less comprehensive , but it had served to correct ...
... mind of the writer , into a rare and exquisite harmony . His skill in the de- talis of business had not been acquired at the expense of his general powers . It had not tendered his mind less comprehensive , but it had served to correct ...
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... mind of Machiavelli shows itself in his luminous , manly , and polished language . The style of Montesquieu , on the other hand , indicates in every page a lively and ingenious , but an unsound mind . Every trick of expres sion , from ...
... mind of Machiavelli shows itself in his luminous , manly , and polished language . The style of Montesquieu , on the other hand , indicates in every page a lively and ingenious , but an unsound mind . Every trick of expres sion , from ...
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... mind . Those feel it most , and write it best , who forget that it is a work of art ; to whom its imitations , like the reali - cles of the highest authority , and of the most ties from which they are taken , are subjects not for ...
... mind . Those feel it most , and write it best , who forget that it is a work of art ; to whom its imitations , like the reali - cles of the highest authority , and of the most ties from which they are taken , are subjects not for ...
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