The Edinburgh Review, Volume 64A. and C. Black, 1837 |
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Page 136
... ment in the logic of slavery than that which would sever the individual from the people ; and represent the actual pressure of despotism on the person of the subject as the sole reason which justifies him , in prudence or in principle ...
... ment in the logic of slavery than that which would sever the individual from the people ; and represent the actual pressure of despotism on the person of the subject as the sole reason which justifies him , in prudence or in principle ...
Page 327
... ment of convicted prisoners . A reformatory system can only be pursued experimentally ; and in this particular we need experience the more largely , because the American prisons , from their ne- glect of the means of moral agency , have ...
... ment of convicted prisoners . A reformatory system can only be pursued experimentally ; and in this particular we need experience the more largely , because the American prisons , from their ne- glect of the means of moral agency , have ...
Page 509
... ment may be the source of many of his most dangerous errors . He could not have chanced upon an aphorism more untrue . We scarcely know a single great writer of whom it can be said that he lives by his style . Style is the least durable ...
... ment may be the source of many of his most dangerous errors . He could not have chanced upon an aphorism more untrue . We scarcely know a single great writer of whom it can be said that he lives by his style . Style is the least durable ...
Contents
Sir Thomas Brownes Works including his Life | 1 |
Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan and on the site | 35 |
Poggii Epistolæ Editas collegit et emendavit pleras | 60 |
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