Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent Writers from the Time of Pericles to the Present DayLippincott, 1894 - 555 pages |
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... desire of vengeance on their enemies . Regarding this as the most honourable prize of dangers , they boldly rushed towards the mark , to seek revenge , and then to satisfy those secondary passions . The uncertain event they had already ...
... desire of vengeance on their enemies . Regarding this as the most honourable prize of dangers , they boldly rushed towards the mark , to seek revenge , and then to satisfy those secondary passions . The uncertain event they had already ...
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... desire sons of their character , or of mine ; what would they answer but that they should wish the worthiest to be their sons ? If the Patricians have reason despise me , let them likewise despise their ancestors , whose nobility was ...
... desire sons of their character , or of mine ; what would they answer but that they should wish the worthiest to be their sons ? If the Patricians have reason despise me , let them likewise despise their ancestors , whose nobility was ...
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... desire my sentiments concerning the method of study you should pursue in that retirement to which you have long since withdrawn . In the first place , then , I look upon it as a very advantageous practice ( and it is what many recommend ) ...
... desire my sentiments concerning the method of study you should pursue in that retirement to which you have long since withdrawn . In the first place , then , I look upon it as a very advantageous practice ( and it is what many recommend ) ...
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... desires to manifest itself to every disciplinable sense , to the sight when read , to the hearing when heard : it , moreover , in a manner com- mends itself to the touch , when submitting to be transcribed , collated , corrected , and ...
... desires to manifest itself to every disciplinable sense , to the sight when read , to the hearing when heard : it , moreover , in a manner com- mends itself to the touch , when submitting to be transcribed , collated , corrected , and ...
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... desire ; and next , because when we have often tried one way , and have always been prosperous , we can never persuade ourselves we could do so well any other ; and this is the true cause why a prince's fortune varies so strangely ...
... desire ; and next , because when we have often tried one way , and have always been prosperous , we can never persuade ourselves we could do so well any other ; and this is the true cause why a prince's fortune varies so strangely ...
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