The Spirit of the Age, Or Contemporary Portraits |
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... upon all arts and sciences , upon the faculties and nature of man , on his vices
and his virtues , on all existing institutions , and all possible improvements , that
nothing may be left but the Kirk of Scotland , and that he may be the head of it .
... upon all arts and sciences , upon the faculties and nature of man , on his vices
and his virtues , on all existing institutions , and all possible improvements , that
nothing may be left but the Kirk of Scotland , and that he may be the head of it .
Сторінка 98
They suffocated some in mud , and suspended others by the feet , or the head , or
the thumbs , kindling fires below them . They squeezed the heads of some with
knotted cords till they pierced their brains , while they threw others into dungeons
...
They suffocated some in mud , and suspended others by the feet , or the head , or
the thumbs , kindling fires below them . They squeezed the heads of some with
knotted cords till they pierced their brains , while they threw others into dungeons
...
Сторінка 206
... the whole fabric of society would fall upon his head and crush him : and
calculates that his best chance for literary reputation is by black - balling one half
of the competitors as Jacobins and levellers , and securing the suffrages of the
other ...
... the whole fabric of society would fall upon his head and crush him : and
calculates that his best chance for literary reputation is by black - balling one half
of the competitors as Jacobins and levellers , and securing the suffrages of the
other ...
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