The London Quarterly Review, 130–131. köideTheodore Foster, 1871 |
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... never , it is feared , to such an extent as to serve with them as forming parts of one render the regular forces of the kingdom great force . It is the marvellous homogenei- equal to repelling such an invasion as above ty of the whole ...
... never , it is feared , to such an extent as to serve with them as forming parts of one render the regular forces of the kingdom great force . It is the marvellous homogenei- equal to repelling such an invasion as above ty of the whole ...
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... never have had an opportunity of working in the field much less of fighting together before . After six weeks ' campaigning the machine might get perfectly into working order , but in a first action two - thirds of the force would be ...
... never have had an opportunity of working in the field much less of fighting together before . After six weeks ' campaigning the machine might get perfectly into working order , but in a first action two - thirds of the force would be ...
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... never been questioned , there seems no reason trasted with the massive strength of the Bel- for doubting the correctness of their conclu- gian works . It is true we may be able to sions . The spot is certainly central . The remedy this ...
... never been questioned , there seems no reason trasted with the massive strength of the Bel- for doubting the correctness of their conclu- gian works . It is true we may be able to sions . The spot is certainly central . The remedy this ...
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... never the worse for it ; and no - one now regrets the expen- diture . If people really understood that such an amount was wanted , not to free men who had never known liberty , but to pre- vent a whole nation of free men from being ...
... never the worse for it ; and no - one now regrets the expen- diture . If people really understood that such an amount was wanted , not to free men who had never known liberty , but to pre- vent a whole nation of free men from being ...
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... never were a maritime people , and never were able to wrest from us the dominion of the sea . It seems equally in vain to point out that France no longer oc- cupies that exceptional position , and that , instead of a number of small ...
... never were a maritime people , and never were able to wrest from us the dominion of the sea . It seems equally in vain to point out that France no longer oc- cupies that exceptional position , and that , instead of a number of small ...
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Page 266 - Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Page 24 - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct, As water is in water. Eros. It does, my lord. Ant. My good knave Eros, now thy captain is Even such a body : here I am Antony ; Yet cannot hold this visible shape, my knave.
Page 168 - With public zeal to cancel private crimes. How safe is treason and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will, "Where crowds can wink and no offence be known, Since in another's guilt they find their own ! Yet fame deserved no enemy can grudge ; The statesman we abhor, but praise the judge.
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Page 163 - You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
Page 266 - And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
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