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... stand. He enlarged his first draft, and separated one great member of his subject, for the purpose of introducing ... stands in the three hundred and seventy-third and fourth pages,[5] was found, together with a marginal reference to the ...
... stand. He enlarged his first draft, and separated one great member of his subject, for the purpose of introducing ... stands in the three hundred and seventy-third and fourth pages,[5] was found, together with a marginal reference to the ...
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... stands thus: in this war alone (for Semiramis had other wars) in this single reign, and in this one spot of the globe ... stand made against them, and the unfortunate event of all his mighty preparations, are known to everybody. In this ...
... stands thus: in this war alone (for Semiramis had other wars) in this single reign, and in this one spot of the globe ... stand made against them, and the unfortunate event of all his mighty preparations, are known to everybody. In this ...
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... stand up in defence of a system calculated for a curse to mankind? a curse under which they smart and groan to this hour, without thoroughly knowing the nature of the disease, and wanting understanding or courage to supply the remedy. I ...
... stand up in defence of a system calculated for a curse to mankind? a curse under which they smart and groan to this hour, without thoroughly knowing the nature of the disease, and wanting understanding or courage to supply the remedy. I ...
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... stand in a direction parallel to any of the side walls, or colonnades, instead of a deception that makes the building more extended than it is, you are cut off from a considerable part (two thirds) of its actual length; and, to prevent ...
... stand in a direction parallel to any of the side walls, or colonnades, instead of a deception that makes the building more extended than it is, you are cut off from a considerable part (two thirds) of its actual length; and, to prevent ...
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... short, the ideas of the sublime and the beautiful stand on foundations so different, that it is hard, I had almost said impossible, to think of reconciling them in the same subject, without considerably lessening the effect.
... short, the ideas of the sublime and the beautiful stand on foundations so different, that it is hard, I had almost said impossible, to think of reconciling them in the same subject, without considerably lessening the effect.
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