Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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... party to all that is or can be done , for this is the only and sovereign agent . Of the works of this mind history is the record . Its genius is illustrated by the entire series of days . Man is explicable by nothing less than all his ...
... party to all that is or can be done , for this is the only and sovereign agent . Of the works of this mind history is the record . Its genius is illustrated by the entire series of days . Man is explicable by nothing less than all his ...
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... party either for the government or against it , spread your table like base housekeepers , -under all these screens I have difficulty to detect the precise man you are . And , of course , so much force is withdrawn from your proper life ...
... party either for the government or against it , spread your table like base housekeepers , -under all these screens I have difficulty to detect the precise man you are . And , of course , so much force is withdrawn from your proper life ...
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... parties meet in numerous conventions ; the greater the concourse , and with_each_new uproar of announcement , The delegation from Essex ! The Democrats from New Hampshire ! The Whigs of Maine ! the young patriot feels himself stronger ...
... parties meet in numerous conventions ; the greater the concourse , and with_each_new uproar of announcement , The delegation from Essex ! The Democrats from New Hampshire ! The Whigs of Maine ! the young patriot feels himself stronger ...
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... parties in the next life . No offence appeared to be taken by the congregation at this doctrine . As far as I could observe , when the meeting broke up , they separated without remark on the sermon . Yet what was the import of this ...
... parties in the next life . No offence appeared to be taken by the congregation at this doctrine . As far as I could observe , when the meeting broke up , they separated without remark on the sermon . Yet what was the import of this ...
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... party to all our bargains . The nature and soul of things takes on itself the guar- anty of the fulfilment of every contract , so that honest service cannot come to loss . If you serve an ungrate- ful master , serve him the more . Put ...
... party to all our bargains . The nature and soul of things takes on itself the guar- anty of the fulfilment of every contract , so that honest service cannot come to loss . If you serve an ungrate- ful master , serve him the more . Put ...
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