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Page ix
... political , is what alone , I profess to pursue ; and if I fancied that I discerned this prime object of my re- gard by the side of the Mufti or the grand Lama , of the wild demagogues of Athens or the ferocious tribunes of Rome , I ...
... political , is what alone , I profess to pursue ; and if I fancied that I discerned this prime object of my re- gard by the side of the Mufti or the grand Lama , of the wild demagogues of Athens or the ferocious tribunes of Rome , I ...
Page x
... political class with those enlightened and virtuous statesmen , who framed the BILL OF RIGHTS and the ACT OF SETTLEMENT , and who , presenting a crown , which they had wrested from a pernicious bigot and his family , to the HOUSE OF ...
... political class with those enlightened and virtuous statesmen , who framed the BILL OF RIGHTS and the ACT OF SETTLEMENT , and who , presenting a crown , which they had wrested from a pernicious bigot and his family , to the HOUSE OF ...
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... political theatre of his calamitous times , has exposed him to the malignity of party ; and this pest , that neither dies nor sleeps- nec dulci declinat lumina somno , has been ever watchful to diminish the pride B of his triumph ; and ...
... political theatre of his calamitous times , has exposed him to the malignity of party ; and this pest , that neither dies nor sleeps- nec dulci declinat lumina somno , has been ever watchful to diminish the pride B of his triumph ; and ...
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... political conflict , while interest is directly af- fected , passion will necessarily be excited ; and the weapons of passion are seldom deli- cately fashioned , or scrupulously employed . When the good or the great , therefore , are ...
... political conflict , while interest is directly af- fected , passion will necessarily be excited ; and the weapons of passion are seldom deli- cately fashioned , or scrupulously employed . When the good or the great , therefore , are ...
Page 74
... in the beginning of it . And this too justly , and without any derogation from our intimacy . For true friendship should not depend upon the fury of politics diverted his fancy from where she Roll'd 74 LIS LIFE OF MILTON .
... in the beginning of it . And this too justly , and without any derogation from our intimacy . For true friendship should not depend upon the fury of politics diverted his fancy from where she Roll'd 74 LIS LIFE OF MILTON .
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