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... nature of his own principles . He is obviously unacquainted with his profession , and the time may come when better and more regular studies than London has permitted , will force this conviction upon him . Our opinion of him is lower ...
... nature of his own principles . He is obviously unacquainted with his profession , and the time may come when better and more regular studies than London has permitted , will force this conviction upon him . Our opinion of him is lower ...
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... nature are fairly opposed to the noblesse created by political institutions , there is little fear that the former should suffer by the comparison . If the clergy are suffered to sit in the Lower House , the exclusion of the episcopacy ...
... nature are fairly opposed to the noblesse created by political institutions , there is little fear that the former should suffer by the comparison . If the clergy are suffered to sit in the Lower House , the exclusion of the episcopacy ...
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... nature . It is a toilsome task to any virtuous and enlightened mind , to wade through the catalogues of these ... natural answer from the members of the Society ( the only answer they have ever made to the enemies of their institution ) ...
... nature . It is a toilsome task to any virtuous and enlightened mind , to wade through the catalogues of these ... natural answer from the members of the Society ( the only answer they have ever made to the enemies of their institution ) ...
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... nature . Such an object it would be impossible to effect , even if it were useful . Put a hundred boys together , and the fear of being laughed at will always be a strong influencing motive with every in- dividual among them . If a ...
... nature . Such an object it would be impossible to effect , even if it were useful . Put a hundred boys together , and the fear of being laughed at will always be a strong influencing motive with every in- dividual among them . If a ...
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... nature as Theocritus saw it ; nor might he reach those springs of pathos with which Euripides softened the hearts of his audience . In short , it appears to us , that there are so many excellent reasons why a certain number of scholars ...
... nature as Theocritus saw it ; nor might he reach those springs of pathos with which Euripides softened the hearts of his audience . In short , it appears to us , that there are so many excellent reasons why a certain number of scholars ...
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