The Spirit of the Age: Or, Contemporary Portraits ..., Том 1H. Colburn, 1825 - 424 стор. |
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... means to boot , " which can raise it to a partial conformity to truth and good ( the utmost it is capable of ) and bring it into a tolerable harmony with the universe . By aiming at too much , by dismissing collateral aids , by ex ...
... means to boot , " which can raise it to a partial conformity to truth and good ( the utmost it is capable of ) and bring it into a tolerable harmony with the universe . By aiming at too much , by dismissing collateral aids , by ex ...
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... than a seriatim enumeration of square yards or feet touches the fancy like the sight of the Alps or Andes . To give an instance or two of what we mean . Those who on pure cosmopolite principles , or on the 12 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
... than a seriatim enumeration of square yards or feet touches the fancy like the sight of the Alps or Andes . To give an instance or two of what we mean . Those who on pure cosmopolite principles , or on the 12 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
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... mean writers on legislation ) are philosophers , and governed by their reason : criminals , for whose con- troul laws are made , are a set of desperadoes , go- verned only by their passions . What wonder that so little progress has been ...
... mean writers on legislation ) are philosophers , and governed by their reason : criminals , for whose con- troul laws are made , are a set of desperadoes , go- verned only by their passions . What wonder that so little progress has been ...
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... : -In the first place , it by no means follows , because reason is found not to be the only infallible or safe rule of conduct , that it is no rule at all ; or that we are to discard it altogether with derision and WILLIAM GODWIN . 39.
... : -In the first place , it by no means follows , because reason is found not to be the only infallible or safe rule of conduct , that it is no rule at all ; or that we are to discard it altogether with derision and WILLIAM GODWIN . 39.
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... sy colours and gives them brilliancy . Here all is clearly made out with strokes of the pencil , by fair , not by factitious means . Our author takes a given subject from nature or from books , and then fills 46 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
... sy colours and gives them brilliancy . Here all is clearly made out with strokes of the pencil , by fair , not by factitious means . Our author takes a given subject from nature or from books , and then fills 46 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
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