The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 25Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1851 - American literature |
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... less de- lightful . The reverend author committed the imprudence of taking a warm - bath , to which he was unaccustomed , without the presence of an attendant ; fainting , as sup- posed , he was found drowned . His friend and pupil , Mr ...
... less de- lightful . The reverend author committed the imprudence of taking a warm - bath , to which he was unaccustomed , without the presence of an attendant ; fainting , as sup- posed , he was found drowned . His friend and pupil , Mr ...
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... less insincere Chesterfield or a less cynical Roche- foucauld . " Good admonitions , " says Sir Thomas , " knock not always in vain ; " but his taps are as feeble as the didactic lesson of grandmamma : " Now , dear Johnny , be sure you ...
... less insincere Chesterfield or a less cynical Roche- foucauld . " Good admonitions , " says Sir Thomas , " knock not always in vain ; " but his taps are as feeble as the didactic lesson of grandmamma : " Now , dear Johnny , be sure you ...
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... less en- wings of Time ; that philosophy , the queen gaging mistress , soon forsook her for her of arts and daughter of heaven , daily ex- more attractive rival . His health , too , was tended her empire ; that fancy was sporting not so ...
... less en- wings of Time ; that philosophy , the queen gaging mistress , soon forsook her for her of arts and daughter of heaven , daily ex- more attractive rival . His health , too , was tended her empire ; that fancy was sporting not so ...
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... less interesting as these temporary events fade away in the darkness of the past . We cannot think that Burke's choice of subjects is to be regretted . If the use of studying the political writings of past times is to instruct us amidst ...
... less interesting as these temporary events fade away in the darkness of the past . We cannot think that Burke's choice of subjects is to be regretted . If the use of studying the political writings of past times is to instruct us amidst ...
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... less enlight- ened , is it easy to show that even opinions of parliamentary representation were erroneous . Are we justified in be- lieving that , had our Reform Bill been carried a century earlier , it would have been a great blessing ...
... less enlight- ened , is it easy to show that even opinions of parliamentary representation were erroneous . Are we justified in be- lieving that , had our Reform Bill been carried a century earlier , it would have been a great blessing ...
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