American Quarterly Review, Volume 21Carey, Lea & Carey, 1837 - Serial publications |
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... genius of the people , but more , perhaps , to the general spirit of improvement which pervades that empire , and to the denseness of the population which makes it the great alter- native to starvation . A modern writer upon " the ...
... genius of the people , but more , perhaps , to the general spirit of improvement which pervades that empire , and to the denseness of the population which makes it the great alter- native to starvation . A modern writer upon " the ...
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... genius . " To destroy this illusion of two views presented separately ; to avoid creating that fallacy to which I have alluded in the course of this chap- ter ; and that I may not suddenly throw the reader unprepared into the history of ...
... genius . " To destroy this illusion of two views presented separately ; to avoid creating that fallacy to which I have alluded in the course of this chap- ter ; and that I may not suddenly throw the reader unprepared into the history of ...
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... genius . It was not thus that the middle ages imitated ; the minds of those times also admired the Greeks and the Romans ; they sought after and studied their works , but , instead of suf- fering themselves to be mastered by , they ...
... genius . It was not thus that the middle ages imitated ; the minds of those times also admired the Greeks and the Romans ; they sought after and studied their works , but , instead of suf- fering themselves to be mastered by , they ...
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... genius of the two countries . The dark ages produced their magnificent piles , the impress of the mind of the era . Eastern barbarians , as we call them , can point to domes which raise their lofty heads in fantastic , it may be , but ...
... genius of the two countries . The dark ages produced their magnificent piles , the impress of the mind of the era . Eastern barbarians , as we call them , can point to domes which raise their lofty heads in fantastic , it may be , but ...
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... genius . The philosopher wishes to see mankind happy- the sight of liberty charms him ; but he does not care to see it through two windows of a prison . Like Socrates , protestantism may be said to have called minds into existence ; but ...
... genius . The philosopher wishes to see mankind happy- the sight of liberty charms him ; but he does not care to see it through two windows of a prison . Like Socrates , protestantism may be said to have called minds into existence ; but ...
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