Lectures on Modern History: From the Irruption of the Northern Nation to the Close of the American Revolution, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1854 - History, Modern |
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... least dubious , he was steady to his sup- posed principle ; he kept his word . Had the exclusionists turned short , and accepted his limitations , he had been indeed embarrassed . It is now clear , from Dalrymple and Macpherson , that ...
... least dubious , he was steady to his sup- posed principle ; he kept his word . Had the exclusionists turned short , and accepted his limitations , he had been indeed embarrassed . It is now clear , from Dalrymple and Macpherson , that ...
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... least , of the many trials which virtue has to encounter , that she is liable to be seduced from her more tranquil , but happier path , by the imposing bustle , the entertaining whims , the ever - changing , careless , animating revelry ...
... least , of the many trials which virtue has to encounter , that she is liable to be seduced from her more tranquil , but happier path , by the imposing bustle , the entertaining whims , the ever - changing , careless , animating revelry ...
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... least be admitted that men like these , whether or not they procure happiness for themselves , undoubtedly produce misery to every one around them ; in private life they injure , distress , or corrupt whatever is within their influence ...
... least be admitted that men like these , whether or not they procure happiness for themselves , undoubtedly produce misery to every one around them ; in private life they injure , distress , or corrupt whatever is within their influence ...
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... least , of whose religion he could sympathise , and to whose communion , therefore ( for religious inquiry into doctrines was out of the question ) , he must have appeared to himself to belong . The king , therefore , and the Roman ...
... least , of whose religion he could sympathise , and to whose communion , therefore ( for religious inquiry into doctrines was out of the question ) , he must have appeared to himself to belong . The king , therefore , and the Roman ...
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... least persuaded them- selves that they , on the whole , might as well act upon . In seasons of real terror , religious factions either conciliate or positively murder and destroy each other , as in the pacifications with the Huguenots ...
... least persuaded them- selves that they , on the whole , might as well act upon . In seasons of real terror , religious factions either conciliate or positively murder and destroy each other , as in the pacifications with the Huguenots ...
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