Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent Writers from the Time of Pericles to the Present DayJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1880 - 547 pages |
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... never invade our territories barely with their own , but with the united strength of all their confederates . But when we in- vade the dominions of our neighbours , for the most part we conquer without difficulty , in an enemy's country ...
... never invade our territories barely with their own , but with the united strength of all their confederates . But when we in- vade the dominions of our neighbours , for the most part we conquer without difficulty , in an enemy's country ...
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... never surpassed , and the chair of Crato never sustained . In books we find the dead as it were liv- ing ; in books we foresee things to come ; in books warlike affairs are methodized ; the rights of peace proceed from books . All ...
... never surpassed , and the chair of Crato never sustained . In books we find the dead as it were liv- ing ; in books we foresee things to come ; in books warlike affairs are methodized ; the rights of peace proceed from books . All ...
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... never dispute more about the marriage [ to Anne Boleyn ] ; and promise allegiance to the king ; but his conscience could not be convinced that the marriage was not against the law of God . ' These concessions did not satisfy the king ...
... never dispute more about the marriage [ to Anne Boleyn ] ; and promise allegiance to the king ; but his conscience could not be convinced that the marriage was not against the law of God . ' These concessions did not satisfy the king ...
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... never have com- plied . And the reason why we cannot change so easily with the times , is twofold : first , because we cannot readily oppose our- selves against what we naturally desire ; and next , because when we have often tried one ...
... never have com- plied . And the reason why we cannot change so easily with the times , is twofold : first , because we cannot readily oppose our- selves against what we naturally desire ; and next , because when we have often tried one ...
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... never fail to entertain with their constant eagerness and gaiety . It is not too much to say that they supply the mind with at once the best stimulus and recreation which the world of books contains . " - REV . ROBERT MARTIN : Imperial ...
... never fail to entertain with their constant eagerness and gaiety . It is not too much to say that they supply the mind with at once the best stimulus and recreation which the world of books contains . " - REV . ROBERT MARTIN : Imperial ...
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