The Spirit of the Age: Or Contemporary PortraitsOxford University Press, 1960 - 302 стор. |
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... common supposi- tion , some learned authority to quote against it . To anticipate the line of argument he might ... common - place , by an appeal to vulgar prejudices or startling scepticism . It seemed to be equally his object , or the ...
... common supposi- tion , some learned authority to quote against it . To anticipate the line of argument he might ... common - place , by an appeal to vulgar prejudices or startling scepticism . It seemed to be equally his object , or the ...
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... common - sense and honesty who do not believe implicitly ( with him ) in the immaculateness of Ministers and the divine origin of Kings . Thus he informed the world that the author of TABLE - TALK was a person who could not write a sen ...
... common - sense and honesty who do not believe implicitly ( with him ) in the immaculateness of Ministers and the divine origin of Kings . Thus he informed the world that the author of TABLE - TALK was a person who could not write a sen ...
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... common sense and common honesty ; and a greater compliment cannot be paid to these than the attention with which he is listened to in the House of Commons . We cannot conceive a higher proof of courage than the saying things which he ...
... common sense and common honesty ; and a greater compliment cannot be paid to these than the attention with which he is listened to in the House of Commons . We cannot conceive a higher proof of courage than the saying things which he ...
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