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The character of Burke is remarkably well given in one of the notes . Those of Rousseau and of Paine are to my thinking not quite so fortunate ; that of Jesus is drawn exactly as it should be - in the manner most conducive to its useful ...
The character of Burke is remarkably well given in one of the notes . Those of Rousseau and of Paine are to my thinking not quite so fortunate ; that of Jesus is drawn exactly as it should be - in the manner most conducive to its useful ...
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Goethe was then the ascendant star in the literary horizon , and it is well known how unscrupulously he availed himself of the authority of that fame which his great powers had given him , to thrust on the public a species of writing ...
Goethe was then the ascendant star in the literary horizon , and it is well known how unscrupulously he availed himself of the authority of that fame which his great powers had given him , to thrust on the public a species of writing ...
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... given by Dr. Sue , a physician of the first eminence and authority in Paris , in whose family medical skill had been hereditary : — ' The countenance of Charlotte Corday expressed the most unequivo- cal marks of indignation .
... given by Dr. Sue , a physician of the first eminence and authority in Paris , in whose family medical skill had been hereditary : — ' The countenance of Charlotte Corday expressed the most unequivo- cal marks of indignation .
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A Description of the Canals and Railroads of | 5 |
IntimeMouvement LittérairePortraits 17891836 | 375 |
426 note omit Madame de St Aignan who was certainly saved | 426 |
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