Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent Writers from the Time of Pericles to the Present Day, with IndexesJ.B. Lippincott, 1879 - 555 pages |
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... Death , Ignorance of the Time of ....... Decision of Character ....... Detraction , Felltham on ... Death of ....... Charles V. , Robertson on .. ........................ 444 Education , Female , Lady Montagu on .. 162 Education , Female ...
... Death , Ignorance of the Time of ....... Decision of Character ....... Detraction , Felltham on ... Death of ....... Charles V. , Robertson on .. ........................ 444 Education , Female , Lady Montagu on .. 162 Education , Female ...
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... Death of ..... 262 Mahomet , Gibbon on ........ 257 Hastings , Impeachment of ........... 236 Mambrino's Helmet ...... 33 Hastings , Trial of . 442 History , Credit due to Heathen , Future State of the ....... Henry VIII . , Froude on ...
... Death of ..... 262 Mahomet , Gibbon on ........ 257 Hastings , Impeachment of ........... 236 Mambrino's Helmet ...... 33 Hastings , Trial of . 442 History , Credit due to Heathen , Future State of the ....... Henry VIII . , Froude on ...
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... ..... 88 Nature , Love of ...... 195 195 Repentance , Death - Bed ....... Revelation , Evidences of ...... 72 128 253 ...................... Neapolitan Church . 284 .......................... Neglect , Felltham on ............. ........
... ..... 88 Nature , Love of ...... 195 195 Repentance , Death - Bed ....... Revelation , Evidences of ...... 72 128 253 ...................... Neapolitan Church . 284 .......................... Neglect , Felltham on ............. ........
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... death insen- sibly received in the vigour of life and public hope . To you , the sons and brothers of the de- ceased , whatever number of you are here , a field of hardy contention is opened . For him who no longer is , every one is ...
... death insen- sibly received in the vigour of life and public hope . To you , the sons and brothers of the de- ceased , whatever number of you are here , a field of hardy contention is opened . For him who no longer is , every one is ...
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... death with tortures . The most atrocious criminals , for money , have been exempted from the deserved pun- ishments ; and men of the most unexception- able characters condemned and banished , unheard . The harbours , though sufficiently ...
... death with tortures . The most atrocious criminals , for money , have been exempted from the deserved pun- ishments ; and men of the most unexception- able characters condemned and banished , unheard . The harbours , though sufficiently ...
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