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... of a vast and polished nation . They were regarded as barbarians - potent only by their standing army , not upon the larger basis of civic strength ; and , even under - this limitation , they were supposed to owe more to THE CÆSARs .
... of a vast and polished nation . They were regarded as barbarians - potent only by their standing army , not upon the larger basis of civic strength ; and , even under - this limitation , they were supposed to owe more to THE CÆSARs .
Side 10
... supposed able to sustain . These fastidious , and sometimes fantastic ceremo- nies , originally devised as the very extremities of anti - barbarism , were often themselves but too nearly allied in spirit to the barbaresque in taste . In ...
... supposed able to sustain . These fastidious , and sometimes fantastic ceremo- nies , originally devised as the very extremities of anti - barbarism , were often themselves but too nearly allied in spirit to the barbaresque in taste . In ...
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... supposed no fifth mon- archy or universal empire possible in an earthly sense ; but that , whenever such an empire arises , it will have Christ for its head ; in other words , that no fifth monarchia can take place until Christianity ...
... supposed no fifth mon- archy or universal empire possible in an earthly sense ; but that , whenever such an empire arises , it will have Christ for its head ; in other words , that no fifth monarchia can take place until Christianity ...
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... supposed of him to whose care was confided the weightier part of the human race ; who had it in his power to promote or to suspend the progress of human improvement ; and of whom , and the motions of whose will , the very prophets of ...
... supposed of him to whose care was confided the weightier part of the human race ; who had it in his power to promote or to suspend the progress of human improvement ; and of whom , and the motions of whose will , the very prophets of ...
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... supposed his mother to contemplate , was the danger of defeat , and for that he reserved his consolations . He bade her fear nothing ; for that without doubt he would return with victory , and with the ensigns of the dignity he sought ...
... supposed his mother to contemplate , was the danger of defeat , and for that he reserved his consolations . He bade her fear nothing ; for that without doubt he would return with victory , and with the ensigns of the dignity he sought ...
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De Quincey's Writings: Essays on Philosophical Writers and Other Men ..., Bind 1 Thomas De Quincey Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2006 |
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