Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... evil they intended to remove . They have addressed themselves in general to them as if they were combatants drawn out in a theological dispute ; they have urged a mass of arguments which they were unable to refute , but which were too ...
... evil they intended to remove . They have addressed themselves in general to them as if they were combatants drawn out in a theological dispute ; they have urged a mass of arguments which they were unable to refute , but which were too ...
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... evil , have been formed . Voltaire was of great service to history , by turning it from courts and camps to the progress of litera- ture , science , and the arts ; to the delineation of manners , and the preparation of anecdotes ...
... evil , have been formed . Voltaire was of great service to history , by turning it from courts and camps to the progress of litera- ture , science , and the arts ; to the delineation of manners , and the preparation of anecdotes ...
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... evils at its hands , been ever prevalent among the Calvinists of Geneva . These causes have tinged his otherwise impartial views with two signal prejudices , which appear in all his writings where these subjects are even remotely ...
... evils at its hands , been ever prevalent among the Calvinists of Geneva . These causes have tinged his otherwise impartial views with two signal prejudices , which appear in all his writings where these subjects are even remotely ...
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Archibald Alison. the insurmountable evils of a confederacy of small republics at this time , amidst surrounding powerful and monarchical states ; and to the inappreciable blessings of the Christian faith , and even of the Romish ...
Archibald Alison. the insurmountable evils of a confederacy of small republics at this time , amidst surrounding powerful and monarchical states ; and to the inappreciable blessings of the Christian faith , and even of the Romish ...
Sivu 88
... that view , it is astonishing how much the import- ance of individual agency disappears . Important in their generation — sometimes almost omnipotent for good or for evil while they live - particular men , how great 88 GUIZOT .
... that view , it is astonishing how much the import- ance of individual agency disappears . Important in their generation — sometimes almost omnipotent for good or for evil while they live - particular men , how great 88 GUIZOT .
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Sivu 350 - Nearer to the beach, the tide rippled onward in waves of sparkling silver, that imperceptibly, yet rapidly, gained upon the sand. With a mind employed in admiration of the romantic scene, or perhaps on some more agitating topic, Miss Wardour advanced in silence by her father's side, whose recently offended dignity did not stoop to open any conversation. Following the windings of the beach, they passed one projecting point or headland of rock after another, and now found themselves under a huge and...