Sir Thomas More: Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society, Volume 1J. Murray, 1829 - 849 pages "His Colloquies of Society (1829) is a calm exposition of his mature social and political convictions: rejection of the Catholic claims and of constitutional reform, support for high taxation to redistribute wealth, and so on. The conversations are conducted with the ghost of Sir Thomas More, whose Utopia was a remote ancestor of pantisocracy. They are set in the neighbourhood of Keswick, and the beauty of the countryside tempers the generally gloomy tone of the conversation, as does the quiet of his splendid library" -ODNB. |
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... mind , should irretrievably From earth have past away , existing now Only in some few faithful memories Insoul'd , and not by any limner's skill To be imbodied thence . A blessing then On him , in whose prophetic counterfeit Preserved ...
... mind , should irretrievably From earth have past away , existing now Only in some few faithful memories Insoul'd , and not by any limner's skill To be imbodied thence . A blessing then On him , in whose prophetic counterfeit Preserved ...
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... mind retentive still , The heart unchanged , the intellectual lamp Burning in its corporeal sepulchre ! No ; not if human wishes had had power To have suspended Nature's constant work , Would they who loved thee have detained thee thus ...
... mind retentive still , The heart unchanged , the intellectual lamp Burning in its corporeal sepulchre ! No ; not if human wishes had had power To have suspended Nature's constant work , Would they who loved thee have detained thee thus ...
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... mind , in which we can scarcely help ascribing an ominous import- ance to any remarkable coincidence , wherein things of moment are concerned . Are you superstitious ? said he . Understand me as using the word , for want of a 4 ...
... mind , in which we can scarcely help ascribing an ominous import- ance to any remarkable coincidence , wherein things of moment are concerned . Are you superstitious ? said he . Understand me as using the word , for want of a 4 ...
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... mind of the Socinian ; and the Socinian looks with astonishment or pity at the weakness of those , who , having by conscientious inquiry satisfied themselves of the authenticity of the Scriptures , are contented to believe what is ...
... mind of the Socinian ; and the Socinian looks with astonishment or pity at the weakness of those , who , having by conscientious inquiry satisfied themselves of the authenticity of the Scriptures , are contented to believe what is ...
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... minds than that there should be beings which are invisible to us be- cause of their subtlety . That there are such , I am as little able to doubt , as I am to affirm any thing concerning them ; but if there are such , why not evil ...
... minds than that there should be beings which are invisible to us be- cause of their subtlety . That there are such , I am as little able to doubt , as I am to affirm any thing concerning them ; but if there are such , why not evil ...
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