Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 29. köideW. Blackwood, 1831 |
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... ment the progress of national vio- lence in the same way as they do the career of individual intemper- ance . But , upon the great mass of mankind , the young , the active , and the ambitious , such examples are wholly thrown away ...
... ment the progress of national vio- lence in the same way as they do the career of individual intemper- ance . But , upon the great mass of mankind , the young , the active , and the ambitious , such examples are wholly thrown away ...
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... ment of the royal preparations for putting down the rising of the people : " While the representatives of the peo- ple , and the occupants of the judgment- seat , were thus discharging the high func- tions confided to them , in a manner ...
... ment of the royal preparations for putting down the rising of the people : " While the representatives of the peo- ple , and the occupants of the judgment- seat , were thus discharging the high func- tions confided to them , in a manner ...
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... ment ; and for these great objects it seemed to him lawful to persecute . But as to purity of doctrine , zeal , primitive devotion , the ancient faith as we received it from our fathers , or any service pretending to be more than lip ...
... ment ; and for these great objects it seemed to him lawful to persecute . But as to purity of doctrine , zeal , primitive devotion , the ancient faith as we received it from our fathers , or any service pretending to be more than lip ...
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... ment . " This was said in 1792. Six years after , the writer , who had a con- fidential post in the Irish govern- ment , and saw the dreadful crisis to which things were hurrying , found it necessary to break off all intercourse with Dr ...
... ment . " This was said in 1792. Six years after , the writer , who had a con- fidential post in the Irish govern- ment , and saw the dreadful crisis to which things were hurrying , found it necessary to break off all intercourse with Dr ...
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... ment - too near to its rival ; and in part , also , from the delicate posi- tion of Parr , who , in most instances , had come under an unfortunate per- sonal obligation to the young gentle- men who followed him from Har- row . But in ...
... ment - too near to its rival ; and in part , also , from the delicate posi- tion of Parr , who , in most instances , had come under an unfortunate per- sonal obligation to the young gentle- men who followed him from Har- row . But in ...
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Page 308 - At the dead hour of night was heard the cry Of one in jeopardy. I rose, and ran To where the circling eddy of a pool Beneath the ford, us'd oft to bring within My reach whatever floating thing the stream Had caught.