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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... fear , but triumphing in hope , in the doubtful charge they instantly drop ; and thus discharged the duty which brave men owe to their country . And As for you who now survive them , it is your business to pray for a better fate , -but ...
... fear , but triumphing in hope , in the doubtful charge they instantly drop ; and thus discharged the duty which brave men owe to their country . And As for you who now survive them , it is your business to pray for a better fate , -but ...
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... fear of the justice of the country , restrain the licentious and wanton cruelty of a monster , who , in confidence of his riches , strikes at the root of liberty , and sets mankind at defiance ? I conclude with expressing my hopes that ...
... fear of the justice of the country , restrain the licentious and wanton cruelty of a monster , who , in confidence of his riches , strikes at the root of liberty , and sets mankind at defiance ? I conclude with expressing my hopes that ...
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... fear , too long those studies I have been recommending . I will here resign you , therefore , to your papers , which you will now resume ; and either pursue the studies you were before engaged loss , and he and his country were both ...
... fear , too long those studies I have been recommending . I will here resign you , therefore , to your papers , which you will now resume ; and either pursue the studies you were before engaged loss , and he and his country were both ...
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... Fear and Grief , the laughters of Adversity , who attack the soul and launch at it all their arrows . Rea- son commands in the citadel to repulse them : your penetration will easily perceive which side will obtain the victory . From the ...
... Fear and Grief , the laughters of Adversity , who attack the soul and launch at it all their arrows . Rea- son commands in the citadel to repulse them : your penetration will easily perceive which side will obtain the victory . From the ...
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... fear and confusion , nothing could have happened more season- ably to them than to have such a general who , by his caution and cunctation , could keep the enemy at bay . Nor could any times have been more fortunate to his way of ...
... fear and confusion , nothing could have happened more season- ably to them than to have such a general who , by his caution and cunctation , could keep the enemy at bay . Nor could any times have been more fortunate to his way of ...
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