Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... opinion of the world ! Individual hypocrisy , indeed , might be increased by such a change , but public morality would unquestionably be a gainer . The rich would no longer make it a point of vanity to corrupt the poor , the master to ...
... opinion of the world ! Individual hypocrisy , indeed , might be increased by such a change , but public morality would unquestionably be a gainer . The rich would no longer make it a point of vanity to corrupt the poor , the master to ...
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... opinions may be on other subjects , have regarded the sacrament of penitence as one of the strongest barriers against crime , and a chef - d'œuvre of wisdom . What innumerable restitutions and reparations , says Rousseau , has con ...
... opinions may be on other subjects , have regarded the sacrament of penitence as one of the strongest barriers against crime , and a chef - d'œuvre of wisdom . What innumerable restitutions and reparations , says Rousseau , has con ...
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... opinions on almost every subject in all ages and places are the same . A similar uniformity may be observed in the principles of the greatest writers of the world on religion ; and while the inferior followers of their different tenets ...
... opinions on almost every subject in all ages and places are the same . A similar uniformity may be observed in the principles of the greatest writers of the world on religion ; and while the inferior followers of their different tenets ...
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... opinion as to the eloquence of the apology which Chateaubriand makes for this selection . " In the virtues preferred by Christianity , we perceive the same know- ledge of human nature . Before the coming of Christ , the soul of man was ...
... opinion as to the eloquence of the apology which Chateaubriand makes for this selection . " In the virtues preferred by Christianity , we perceive the same know- ledge of human nature . Before the coming of Christ , the soul of man was ...
Sivu 39
... opinions . His principles , indeed , were not all the same at fifty as at twenty - five ; we should be glad to know whose are , excepting those who are so obtuse as to derive ... opinion have all been in opposition to his CHATEAUBRIAND . 39.
... opinions . His principles , indeed , were not all the same at fifty as at twenty - five ; we should be glad to know whose are , excepting those who are so obtuse as to derive ... opinion have all been in opposition to his CHATEAUBRIAND . 39.
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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...