Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 4
... Rome , Gaul , Britain , America , lie folded already in the first man . Epoch after epoch , camp , kingdom , em- pire , republic , democracy , are merely the applica- tion of his manifold spirit to the manifold world . This human mind ...
... Rome , Gaul , Britain , America , lie folded already in the first man . Epoch after epoch , camp , kingdom , em- pire , republic , democracy , are merely the applica- tion of his manifold spirit to the manifold world . This human mind ...
Page 8
... Rome and Athens and London to himself , and not deny his conviction that he is the court , and if England or Egypt have any thing to say to him , he will try the case ; if not , let them for ever be silent He must attain and maintain ...
... Rome and Athens and London to himself , and not deny his conviction that he is the court , and if England or Egypt have any thing to say to him , he will try the case ; if not , let them for ever be silent He must attain and maintain ...
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... Rome the public roads beginning at the Forum proceeded north , south , east , west , to the centre of every province of the empire , making each market - town of Persia , Spain , and Britain pervious to the soldiers of the capital so ...
... Rome the public roads beginning at the Forum proceeded north , south , east , west , to the centre of every province of the empire , making each market - town of Persia , Spain , and Britain pervious to the soldiers of the capital so ...
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... Rome , and Paris , and Constantinople ! What does Rome know of rat and lizard ? What are Olympiads and Con- sulates to these neighbouring systems of being ? Nay , what food or experience or succour have they for the Esquimaux seal ...
... Rome , and Paris , and Constantinople ! What does Rome know of rat and lizard ? What are Olympiads and Con- sulates to these neighbouring systems of being ? Nay , what food or experience or succour have they for the Esquimaux seal ...
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... Rome " ; and all history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons . Let a man then know his worth , and keep things under his feet . Let him not peep or steal , or skulk up and down with the air ...
... Rome " ; and all history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons . Let a man then know his worth , and keep things under his feet . Let him not peep or steal , or skulk up and down with the air ...
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