Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 2J.B. Lippincott Company, 1910 - American literature |
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... Human Nature at large , and crowds his stage with men and women of all sorts and conditions , inclining by choice to ... Humanity as he finds it , by no means com- posed of Models of Perfection , ' but rather of very frail and fallible ...
... Human Nature at large , and crowds his stage with men and women of all sorts and conditions , inclining by choice to ... Humanity as he finds it , by no means com- posed of Models of Perfection , ' but rather of very frail and fallible ...
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... Human Understanding . Since it is the understanding that sets man above the rest of sensible beings , and gives him all the advantage and dominion which he has over them , it is certainly a subject , even for its nobleness , worth our ...
... Human Understanding . Since it is the understanding that sets man above the rest of sensible beings , and gives him all the advantage and dominion which he has over them , it is certainly a subject , even for its nobleness , worth our ...
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... human life ; but if it be studied only for the reputation of being a historian , it is a very empty thing ; and he that can tell all the particulars of Herodotus and Plutarch , Curtius and Livy , without making any other use of them ...
... human life ; but if it be studied only for the reputation of being a historian , it is a very empty thing ; and he that can tell all the particulars of Herodotus and Plutarch , Curtius and Livy , without making any other use of them ...
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... human . The authority of councils , synods , bishops , and presbyters is human . The authority of the prophets is divine , and comprehends the sum of religion , reckoning Moses and the apostles among the prophets . ' How far he was from ...
... human . The authority of councils , synods , bishops , and presbyters is human . The authority of the prophets is divine , and comprehends the sum of religion , reckoning Moses and the apostles among the prophets . ' How far he was from ...
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... human race . Gilbert Burnet ( 1643–1715 ) , Bishop of Salis- bury , was equally active and eminent as theologian , politician , and historian . He was the son of a royalist and Episcopalian lawyer in Edinburgh , who was after the ...
... human race . Gilbert Burnet ( 1643–1715 ) , Bishop of Salis- bury , was equally active and eminent as theologian , politician , and historian . He was the son of a royalist and Episcopalian lawyer in Edinburgh , who was after the ...
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