Essays Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3William Blackwood, 1850 |
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Sivu 6
... vast talent which was engulfed in the contention ; the acces- sion of a more virtuous age buries in the dust the fancy which was enlisted in the cause of corruption ; while these illustri- ous men , whose writings have struck root in ...
... vast talent which was engulfed in the contention ; the acces- sion of a more virtuous age buries in the dust the fancy which was enlisted in the cause of corruption ; while these illustri- ous men , whose writings have struck root in ...
Sivu 7
... vast battery of infidelity incessantly directed against Christianity ; while the crowd of licentious novelists , with which the age abounded - Louvet , Crebillon , Laclos , and a host of others - insinuated the poison , mixed up with ...
... vast battery of infidelity incessantly directed against Christianity ; while the crowd of licentious novelists , with which the age abounded - Louvet , Crebillon , Laclos , and a host of others - insinuated the poison , mixed up with ...
Sivu 8
... vast charnel - houses ; marriage was contracted before a civil magistrate ; and infancy , untaught to pronounce the name of God , longed only for the period when the passions and indulgences of life were to com- mence . It was in these ...
... vast charnel - houses ; marriage was contracted before a civil magistrate ; and infancy , untaught to pronounce the name of God , longed only for the period when the passions and indulgences of life were to com- mence . It was in these ...
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... vast labyrinth of foliage which lies beneath his feet . And , at the moment that the forests are rejoicing at the sight of their new inmate , an aged bird , who feels himself abandoned by his wings , quietly rests beside a stream ...
... vast labyrinth of foliage which lies beneath his feet . And , at the moment that the forests are rejoicing at the sight of their new inmate , an aged bird , who feels himself abandoned by his wings , quietly rests beside a stream ...
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... vast temple , at which the Athenians toiled for seven centuries , which all the kings of Asia laboured to finish , which Adrian , the ruler of the world , had first the glory to com- plete , has sunk under the hand of time , and the ...
... vast temple , at which the Athenians toiled for seven centuries , which all the kings of Asia laboured to finish , which Adrian , the ruler of the world , had first the glory to com- plete , has sunk under the hand of time , and the ...
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