The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 29F. and C. Rivington, 1807 - English literature |
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... person , above all competition in point of rank , whofe firm and confiftent opinions on that great topic we have always felt it our undoubted duty to fupport . We fupport them from conviction , and therefore have recommended to our ...
... person , above all competition in point of rank , whofe firm and confiftent opinions on that great topic we have always felt it our undoubted duty to fupport . We fupport them from conviction , and therefore have recommended to our ...
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... persons who in fome things think differently from thofe of our communion , par- ticularly towards the latter end , where the subject laft men- tioned is handled ; yet we fee no reafon why religious perfons of any defcription may not ...
... persons who in fome things think differently from thofe of our communion , par- ticularly towards the latter end , where the subject laft men- tioned is handled ; yet we fee no reafon why religious perfons of any defcription may not ...
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... persons may never interfere in the affairs of government : their vanity and folly may be worked off in " labouring to inculcate princi- ples , " through the medium , if they choose it , of party pam . phlets , mifcalled hiftories . From ...
... persons may never interfere in the affairs of government : their vanity and folly may be worked off in " labouring to inculcate princi- ples , " through the medium , if they choose it , of party pam . phlets , mifcalled hiftories . From ...
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... persons will conduct themselves under the awful circumftances of im- pending death . Even the ferocious Romans , when they frequented the amphitheatres , to behold the fanguinary combats of the Gladiators , were drawn thither , not by ...
... persons will conduct themselves under the awful circumftances of im- pending death . Even the ferocious Romans , when they frequented the amphitheatres , to behold the fanguinary combats of the Gladiators , were drawn thither , not by ...
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... PERSONS were of opinion that this ftory , as well as many others , was the inven tion of a party anxious to foften the odium , which afterwards fell on Cicero , by exaggerating the atrocious guilt of the confpi- rators , who had ...
... PERSONS were of opinion that this ftory , as well as many others , was the inven tion of a party anxious to foften the odium , which afterwards fell on Cicero , by exaggerating the atrocious guilt of the confpi- rators , who had ...
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