Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلد 2Sheldon, 1860 |
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... greater freedom of diction . It was impossible to reason from phenom- ena up to principles , to mark slight shades of differ- ence in quality , or to estimate the comparative effect of two opposite considerations between which there was ...
... greater freedom of diction . It was impossible to reason from phenom- ena up to principles , to mark slight shades of differ- ence in quality , or to estimate the comparative effect of two opposite considerations between which there was ...
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... greater part even of what is spent on his kitchen and his cellar goes , not to titillate his palate , but to keep up his character for hospitality , to save him from the reproach of meanness in housekeeping , and to cement the ties of ...
... greater part even of what is spent on his kitchen and his cellar goes , not to titillate his palate , but to keep up his character for hospitality , to save him from the reproach of meanness in housekeeping , and to cement the ties of ...
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... greater bodily power than any man in England . If we are speaking of a pantomime , we may say the same of some very agile harlequin . But it would be talking nonsense to say , in general , that the power of Harlequin either exceeded ...
... greater bodily power than any man in England . If we are speaking of a pantomime , we may say the same of some very agile harlequin . But it would be talking nonsense to say , in general , that the power of Harlequin either exceeded ...
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... greater popula- tion , England the greater capital ; France has the greater army , England the greater fleet . For an ex- pedition to Rio Janeiro or the Philippines , England has the greater power . For a war on the Po or the Danube ...
... greater popula- tion , England the greater capital ; France has the greater army , England the greater fleet . For an ex- pedition to Rio Janeiro or the Philippines , England has the greater power . For a war on the Po or the Danube ...
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... greater gainer by the transaction . He becomes an object of jealousy to his ally , who , in all probability , changes sides , and compels him to restore what he has taken . Everybody knows how Henry VIII . trimmed between Francis and ...
... greater gainer by the transaction . He becomes an object of jealousy to his ally , who , in all probability , changes sides , and compels him to restore what he has taken . Everybody knows how Henry VIII . trimmed between Francis and ...
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