The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 11Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1847 - American literature |
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... reason of which is , that with his countrymen the graces of com- position are more relished than the solidity of the matter . As an historian , however , he is duly es- timated in France as elsewhere . " M. Thiers , on the other hand ...
... reason of which is , that with his countrymen the graces of com- position are more relished than the solidity of the matter . As an historian , however , he is duly es- timated in France as elsewhere . " M. Thiers , on the other hand ...
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... reason . Plato , though he would have banished poets from his ideal republic , meaning thereby the writers of licentious and mischievous plays , and not the real poets - else he would have banished such men as himself - had more correct ...
... reason . Plato , though he would have banished poets from his ideal republic , meaning thereby the writers of licentious and mischievous plays , and not the real poets - else he would have banished such men as himself - had more correct ...
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... Reason and faith , and all experience , as far as it has gone , com- bine to show that this state of things is not a necessary consequence of man's nature . By looking about us , we see that many evils have been remedied ; that a great ...
... Reason and faith , and all experience , as far as it has gone , com- bine to show that this state of things is not a necessary consequence of man's nature . By looking about us , we see that many evils have been remedied ; that a great ...
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... reason that they thought it more profitable to accommodate themselves to the people than by their ar- duous efforts in a good cause - slowly and faithfully through difficulties and discou- ragements to raise the people up to their ...
... reason that they thought it more profitable to accommodate themselves to the people than by their ar- duous efforts in a good cause - slowly and faithfully through difficulties and discou- ragements to raise the people up to their ...
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... reason for their final de- which I have spoken , was easily climbed , sertion of the place . being furnished with something like stairs , and its top commands a fine view of the town , the bay , and the country for miles around . It ...
... reason for their final de- which I have spoken , was easily climbed , sertion of the place . being furnished with something like stairs , and its top commands a fine view of the town , the bay , and the country for miles around . It ...
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