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... minds of men universally , or which even to the writer's feeling was exaggerated , but because it was expressed coarsely , and as a physical power : now , every thing physical is measurable by weight , motion , and resistance ; and is ...
... minds of men universally , or which even to the writer's feeling was exaggerated , but because it was expressed coarsely , and as a physical power : now , every thing physical is measurable by weight , motion , and resistance ; and is ...
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... of the state in a continued paroxysm of fury , and in a state of mind resembling the lunacy of intoxi- cation , that Cæsar , on the contrary , among that whole class of civil disturbers , was the only one who 28 THE CÆSARS .
... of the state in a continued paroxysm of fury , and in a state of mind resembling the lunacy of intoxi- cation , that Cæsar , on the contrary , among that whole class of civil disturbers , was the only one who 28 THE CÆSARS .
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... mind , and the general cast of his character , indisposed him to religious thoughts . Nay , it has been common to class him amongst delib- erate atheists ; and some well known anecdotes are current in books , which illustrate his ...
... mind , and the general cast of his character , indisposed him to religious thoughts . Nay , it has been common to class him amongst delib- erate atheists ; and some well known anecdotes are current in books , which illustrate his ...
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... mind , after making the fullest allowance for the special quality of that mind , which did certainly , to the whole extent of its characteristics , tend entirely to estrange him from such themes . We find , accordingly , that though ...
... mind , after making the fullest allowance for the special quality of that mind , which did certainly , to the whole extent of its characteristics , tend entirely to estrange him from such themes . We find , accordingly , that though ...
Side 33
... mind , of the eagle , as the king of birds ; secondly , as the tutelary emblem under which his con- quering legions had so often obeyed his voice ; and , thirdly , as the bird of Jove . To this triple relation of the bird his dream ...
... mind , of the eagle , as the king of birds ; secondly , as the tutelary emblem under which his con- quering legions had so often obeyed his voice ; and , thirdly , as the bird of Jove . To this triple relation of the bird his dream ...
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