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" ... first emperors of Rome had any notion of, I imagine we are now arrived at that period which answers to fifteen. I cannot think we are older, when I recollect the many palpable follies which are still (almost) universally persisted in : I place that... "
The Oriental herald and colonial review [ed. by J.S. Buckingham]. - Page 454
edited by - 1825
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 2

1804 - 552 pages
...(almost) universally persisted in. I place that of war as senseless as the boxing of school-ttoys ; and whenever we come to man's estate, (perhaps a thousand...appear as ridiculous as the pranks of unlucky lads. Several discoveries will then be made, and several truths made clear, of which we haye. have now no...
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Elegant epistles: a copious selection of instructive, moral, and ...

Elegant epistles - 1812 - 318 pages
...still (almost) universally persisted in: I place that of war as senseless as the boxing uf school boys, and whenever we come to man's estate .(perhaps a thousand...appear as ridiculous as the pranks of unlucky lads. Several discoveries will then be made, and several truths made clear, of which we have now no more...
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The British Prose Writers: Lady M.W. Montagu's Letters from France and Italy

1821 - 346 pages
...first emperors of Rome had any notion of, I imagine we are now arrived at that period which answers to fifteen. I cannot think we are older, when I recollect...appear as ridiculous as the pranks of unlucky lads. Several discoveries will then be made, and several truths made clear, of which we have now no more...
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The Herald of Peace, Volume 3

1821 - 388 pages
...as senseless as the boxing of school-boys ; and whenever we are come to man's estate (perhaps 100O years hence,) I do not doubt it will appear as ridiculous as the pranks of unlucky lads. Several discoveries will thus be made, and several truths made clear, of which we have now no more...
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Illustrations, Historical and Critical, of the Life of Lorenzo De ..., Volume 53

William Roscoe - 1822 - 422 pages
...first emperors of Rome had any notion of, I imagine we are now arrived at that period which answers to fifteen. I cannot think we are older, when I recollect...appear as ridiculous as the pranks of unlucky lads. Several discoveries will then be made, and several truths made clear, of which we have now no more...
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The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 3

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Montagu - 1837 - 490 pages
...first emperors of Rome had any notion of, I imagine we are now arrived at that period which answers to fifteen. I cannot think we are older, when I recollect...appear as ridiculous as the pranks of unlucky lads. Several discoveries will then be made, and several truths made clear, of which we have now no more...
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The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 2

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 460 pages
...first emperors of Rome had any notion of, I imagine we are now arrived at that period which answers to fifteen. I cannot think we are older, when I recollect...doubt it will appear as ridiculous as the pranks of un- ., lucky lads. Several discoveries will then be made, and several truths made clear, of which we...
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The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Volume 2

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 454 pages
...persisted in: I place that of war as senseless as the boxing of school-boys, and whenever we corne to man's estate (perhaps a thousand years hence) I...appear as ridiculous as the pranks of unlucky lads. Several discoveries will then be made, and several truths made clear, of which we have now no more...
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 622 pages
...universally persisted in. Among these I place that of War — as senseless as the boxing of school-boys j and whenever we come to man's estate (perhaps a thousand...appear as ridiculous as the pranks of unlucky lads. Several discoveries will then be made, and several truths made clear, of which we have now no more...
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review: Novels, tales, and prose works of fiction

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 754 pages
...follies which are still (almost) universally persisted in. Among these I place that of War—as senseles as the boxing of school-boys; and whenever we come...appear as ridiculous as the pranks of unlucky lads. Several discoveries will then be made, and several truths made clear, of which we have now no more...
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