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Page 12
... cause of this opposition of judgment in writ- ers , who profess to determine without passion . and on principles which are established and invariable . But not to remark that , in the 12 PREFACE . taste. In this nicer graduation of ...
... cause of this opposition of judgment in writ- ers , who profess to determine without passion . and on principles which are established and invariable . But not to remark that , in the 12 PREFACE . taste. In this nicer graduation of ...
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Charles Symmons. would thus be excited , I am satisfied that the cause of truth would eventually flourish . Beneath the flood , which covers the plain , fertility will rest upon the soil , and though the weaker vegetation may perish ...
Charles Symmons. would thus be excited , I am satisfied that the cause of truth would eventually flourish . Beneath the flood , which covers the plain , fertility will rest upon the soil , and though the weaker vegetation may perish ...
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... cause . Urged as I have been by some , whom I respect and love , to soften what I have said against him , with my conviction of the atrocity of his conduct , to one of the most perfect characters which is to be found in the page of ...
... cause . Urged as I have been by some , whom I respect and love , to soften what I have said against him , with my conviction of the atrocity of his conduct , to one of the most perfect characters which is to be found in the page of ...
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... cause of the fact in the cor- ruption of man , and it forms the subject of our regret rather than of our surprise . But when , after a lapse of years sufficient to obliterate the very deepest trace of tempo- rary interest , we observe ...
... cause of the fact in the cor- ruption of man , and it forms the subject of our regret rather than of our surprise . But when , after a lapse of years sufficient to obliterate the very deepest trace of tempo- rary interest , we observe ...
Page 40
... cause of morals and the best interests of man seems to justify that indignation which would brand , again and again , the hand lifted in violation of the illustrious dead . The dead , indeed , are at rest from their labours ; and , far ...
... cause of morals and the best interests of man seems to justify that indignation which would brand , again and again , the hand lifted in violation of the illustrious dead . The dead , indeed , are at rest from their labours ; and , far ...
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