Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, Том 4Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844 |
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... , I am still of opinion that it may be of use to young politicians , and suggest cautions and grounds of distrust , to rash discontent and thoughtless presumption . 4 LECKIE'S EULOGIUM ON ARBITRARY POWER . push aside and B 2.
... , I am still of opinion that it may be of use to young politicians , and suggest cautions and grounds of distrust , to rash discontent and thoughtless presumption . 4 LECKIE'S EULOGIUM ON ARBITRARY POWER . push aside and B 2.
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... opinion of its principles . The first part of the task may be performed in a very moderate compass ; for though the learned author has not always the gift of writing intelligibly , it is impos- sible for a diligent reader not to see ...
... opinion of its principles . The first part of the task may be performed in a very moderate compass ; for though the learned author has not always the gift of writing intelligibly , it is impos- sible for a diligent reader not to see ...
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... opinions and endowments , and of the license of political speculation that is still occasionally indulged in this ... opinion of all reasonable persons with regard to the merits of the work , we think we can trace , even in some of ...
... opinions and endowments , and of the license of political speculation that is still occasionally indulged in this ... opinion of all reasonable persons with regard to the merits of the work , we think we can trace , even in some of ...
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... opinion that it should have been discontinued ; and , on the other , receives the intimation at last , not in the form of a remonstrance , upon which he might amend , but in the shape of a bow- string , a dose of poison , or a stroke of ...
... opinion that it should have been discontinued ; and , on the other , receives the intimation at last , not in the form of a remonstrance , upon which he might amend , but in the shape of a bow- string , a dose of poison , or a stroke of ...
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... opinion therefore , considered naturally and in itself , must be of less value or intrinsic authority than that of any other person in high office under him : And when it is farther considered that this Sovereign may be very young or ...
... opinion therefore , considered naturally and in itself , must be of less value or intrinsic authority than that of any other person in high office under him : And when it is farther considered that this Sovereign may be very young or ...
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Страница 261 - ... neither would he compare the friendship between him and them to a Chain, for the rain might sometimes rust it, or a tree might fall and break it; but he should consider them as the same flesh and blood with the Christians, and the same as if one man's body were to be divided into two parts.
Страница 216 - It was a rainy Sunday in the gloomy month of November. I had been detained, in the course of a journey, by a slight indisposition, from which I was recovering; but was still feverish, and obliged to keep within doors all day, in an inn of the small town of Derby. A wet Sunday in a country inn! — whoever has had the luck to experience one can alone judge of my situation.