The Spirit of the Age: Or, Contemporary PortraitsG. Richards, 1904 - 271 стор. |
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... tion away from his claims , instead of fixing it there . He must make common cause with his hearers . To lead , he must follow the general bias . Mr. Tooke did not therefore succeed as a speaker in Parliament . He stood aloof , he ...
... tion away from his claims , instead of fixing it there . He must make common cause with his hearers . To lead , he must follow the general bias . Mr. Tooke did not therefore succeed as a speaker in Parliament . He stood aloof , he ...
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... tion ; he is obliged by a mercurial habit and disposi- tion to vary his point of view . If he is ever tedious , it is from an excess of liveliness : he oppresses from a sense of airy lightness . He is always setting out on a fresh scent ...
... tion ; he is obliged by a mercurial habit and disposi- tion to vary his point of view . If he is ever tedious , it is from an excess of liveliness : he oppresses from a sense of airy lightness . He is always setting out on a fresh scent ...
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... tion of the penal laws , on the alleged ground of his abhorrence of even the shadow of innovation : he has studiously set his face against Catholic emancipation ; he laboured hard in his vocation to prevent the aboli- tion of the Slave ...
... tion of the penal laws , on the alleged ground of his abhorrence of even the shadow of innovation : he has studiously set his face against Catholic emancipation ; he laboured hard in his vocation to prevent the aboli- tion of the Slave ...
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