Essays Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3William Blackwood, 1850 |
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... means by which it was to be influenced . Disregarding , therefore , entirely the weight of authority , laying aside almost everything which had been advanced in support of religion by its professed disciples , he applied himself to ...
... means by which it was to be influenced . Disregarding , therefore , entirely the weight of authority , laying aside almost everything which had been advanced in support of religion by its professed disciples , he applied himself to ...
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... means by which the higher stages in any art are attained , will acknowledge that , at a certain elevation , their principles are the same . To move the heart , whether by painting , poetry , or eloquence , requires the same mind . The means ...
... means by which the higher stages in any art are attained , will acknowledge that , at a certain elevation , their principles are the same . To move the heart , whether by painting , poetry , or eloquence , requires the same mind . The means ...
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... means corresponded to the conception . Voltaire has said , that he professed to give a view of universal history , and he has only given the history of the Jews ; and there is too much truth in the observation . He never got out of the ...
... means corresponded to the conception . Voltaire has said , that he professed to give a view of universal history , and he has only given the history of the Jews ; and there is too much truth in the observation . He never got out of the ...
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... means frequent , when some striking or remarkable expressions of a speaker , or contemporary writer , are to be preserved . Unity of style and expression is as indispensable in a history which is to move the heart , or fascinate the ...
... means frequent , when some striking or remarkable expressions of a speaker , or contemporary writer , are to be preserved . Unity of style and expression is as indispensable in a history which is to move the heart , or fascinate the ...
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... means that those institutions which have descended to us in actual practice from our ancestors come sanctioned by the experience of ages ; and that they could not have stood so long a test unless they had been recommended , in some ...
... means that those institutions which have descended to us in actual practice from our ancestors come sanctioned by the experience of ages ; and that they could not have stood so long a test unless they had been recommended , in some ...
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