Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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Page 7
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface differences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable ...
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface differences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable ...
Page 8
... cause . How many are the acts of one man in which we recognise the same character ! Observe the sources of our information in respect to the Greek genius . We have the civil history of that people , as Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon ...
... cause . How many are the acts of one man in which we recognise the same character ! Observe the sources of our information in respect to the Greek genius . We have the civil history of that people , as Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon ...
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... cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , ' Go love thy infant ; love thy wood - chopper : be good - natured and modest : have that grace ; and never varnish your hard , un ...
... cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , ' Go love thy infant ; love thy wood - chopper : be good - natured and modest : have that grace ; and never varnish your hard , un ...
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... cause , but are put on and off as the wind blows , and a newspaper directs . Yet is the discontent of the multitude more formidable than that of the senate and the college . It is easy enough for a firm man who knows the world to brook ...
... cause , but are put on and off as the wind blows , and a newspaper directs . Yet is the discontent of the multitude more formidable than that of the senate and the college . It is easy enough for a firm man who knows the world to brook ...
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... cause , a country , and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to accomplish his design ; - and posterity seem to follow his steps as a train of clients . A man Cæsar is born , and for ages after we have a Roman ...
... cause , a country , and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to accomplish his design ; - and posterity seem to follow his steps as a train of clients . A man Cæsar is born , and for ages after we have a Roman ...
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