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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... whole force no enemy hath this our form , as committed not to the few , ever yet experienced , because it is divided but to the whole body of the people , is by our naval expeditions , or engaged in the called a democracy . How ...
... whole force no enemy hath this our form , as committed not to the few , ever yet experienced , because it is divided but to the whole body of the people , is by our naval expeditions , or engaged in the called a democracy . How ...
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... whole power of the Roman people , in a Roman province , within sight of Italy , bind , scourge , torture with fire and red - hot plates of iron , and at the last put to the infamous death of the cross , a Roman citizen ? Shall neither ...
... whole power of the Roman people , in a Roman province , within sight of Italy , bind , scourge , torture with fire and red - hot plates of iron , and at the last put to the infamous death of the cross , a Roman citizen ? Shall neither ...
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... whole time of his papacy , carried himself with great vigour and vehemence ; and because the times were agreeable , he prospered in every- thing ; but had the times altered , and re- quired other counsels , he had certainly been ruined ...
... whole time of his papacy , carried himself with great vigour and vehemence ; and because the times were agreeable , he prospered in every- thing ; but had the times altered , and re- quired other counsels , he had certainly been ruined ...
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... whole night , they attend upon their vocation , they do according to their calling , they keep their sheep , they run not hither and thither , spending the time in vain , and neglecting their office and calling . No , they did not so ...
... whole night , they attend upon their vocation , they do according to their calling , they keep their sheep , they run not hither and thither , spending the time in vain , and neglecting their office and calling . No , they did not so ...
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... whole book ' to carry them a great way further than was necessary ; for , indeed , it is partly this want of formal arrangement that gives to the Essays ' their peculiar excellence . .. is quite impossible to convey an adequate notion ...
... whole book ' to carry them a great way further than was necessary ; for , indeed , it is partly this want of formal arrangement that gives to the Essays ' their peculiar excellence . .. is quite impossible to convey an adequate notion ...
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