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... nature of that character itself , its traits , its deficiencies , its merits , are so congenial to the tendencies of our time and government , that to be unjust to him is to be unjust to all probable statesmen . We design to show ...
... nature of that character itself , its traits , its deficiencies , its merits , are so congenial to the tendencies of our time and government , that to be unjust to him is to be unjust to all probable statesmen . We design to show ...
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... nature . He is not entitled to any glory for our warlike successes : on the contrary , he did his best to obtain failure by starving the Duke of Wellington , and plaguing him with petty vexations . His views in religion inclined to that ...
... nature . He is not entitled to any glory for our warlike successes : on the contrary , he did his best to obtain failure by starving the Duke of Wellington , and plaguing him with petty vexations . His views in religion inclined to that ...
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... nature ; they cannot help being sure that what every one says must be true ; the vox populi is a part of their natural religion . It has been made a matter of wonder that Peel should have belonged to the creed of Mr. Perceval and Lord ...
... nature ; they cannot help being sure that what every one says must be true ; the vox populi is a part of their natural religion . It has been made a matter of wonder that Peel should have belonged to the creed of Mr. Perceval and Lord ...
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... nature designed , a great agent . In a third respect also Sir Robert Peel conformed to the type of a constitutional statesman ; and that third respect also seems naturally to lead to a want of defined principle , and to apparent ...
... nature designed , a great agent . In a third respect also Sir Robert Peel conformed to the type of a constitutional statesman ; and that third respect also seems naturally to lead to a want of defined principle , and to apparent ...
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... nature enough to express it . He might have failed in an age when there was nothing to do , and when elegant personality and the finesse of artistic expres- sion were of all things most required . But for an age of important business ...
... nature enough to express it . He might have failed in an age when there was nothing to do , and when elegant personality and the finesse of artistic expres- sion were of all things most required . But for an age of important business ...
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