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The mind must be held , if the phrase may be allowed , in decomposition . No
wonder then , if it seize eagerly on the first opportunity of returning to its natural
state , and bringing the imagination and sympathies into play . Hence the
introduction ...
The mind must be held , if the phrase may be allowed , in decomposition . No
wonder then , if it seize eagerly on the first opportunity of returning to its natural
state , and bringing the imagination and sympathies into play . Hence the
introduction ...
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But this same politic wisdom itself , even when genuine , and not a puffed conceit
, is one of the most unwholesome fruits of the tree of knowledge , and if the mind
be not fortified with good and sufficient antidotes , is a moral poison . Why is the ...
But this same politic wisdom itself , even when genuine , and not a puffed conceit
, is one of the most unwholesome fruits of the tree of knowledge , and if the mind
be not fortified with good and sufficient antidotes , is a moral poison . Why is the ...
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The mind of Marvell , like the street and the wall of Jerusalem , was built in
troublous times . From his youth upwards , he was inured to peril and privation ;
and , though he does not appear to have been personally engaged in civil
conflict , he ...
The mind of Marvell , like the street and the wall of Jerusalem , was built in
troublous times . From his youth upwards , he was inured to peril and privation ;
and , though he does not appear to have been personally engaged in civil
conflict , he ...
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As Calvinism was then identified with the popular cause , he doubtless instilled
into young Andrew ' s mind the early love of that liberty , to the support of which
he devoted his life and talents . Of Andrew ' s school days little is recorded : at ...
As Calvinism was then identified with the popular cause , he doubtless instilled
into young Andrew ' s mind the early love of that liberty , to the support of which
he devoted his life and talents . Of Andrew ' s school days little is recorded : at ...
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Humber , opposite Kingston , lived a lady , the only daughter , and main earthly
stay of her mother , whose excellent qualities of heart and mind recommended
her to the good pastor ' s especial regard . To perpetuate the friendship of the ...
Humber , opposite Kingston , lived a lady , the only daughter , and main earthly
stay of her mother , whose excellent qualities of heart and mind recommended
her to the good pastor ' s especial regard . To perpetuate the friendship of the ...
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| Title | The Worthies of Yorkshire and Lancashire: Being Lives of the Most Distinguished Persons that Have Been Born In, Or Connected With, Those Provinces ... |
| Author | Hartley Coleridge |
| Publisher | Simpkin and Marshall, 1836 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 10 May 2007 |
| ISBN | 0827437714, 9780827437715 |
| Length | 732 pages |
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