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... TION . In one volume , 16mo , price $ 1.00 . MEMORY AND HOPE . A BOOK OF POEMS , RE- FERRING TO CHILDHOOD . In one volume , 8vo , price $ 2.00 . REJECTED ADDRESSES . By HORACE and JAMES SMITH . In one volume , 16mo , price 50 cents ...
... TION . In one volume , 16mo , price $ 1.00 . MEMORY AND HOPE . A BOOK OF POEMS , RE- FERRING TO CHILDHOOD . In one volume , 8vo , price $ 2.00 . REJECTED ADDRESSES . By HORACE and JAMES SMITH . In one volume , 16mo , price 50 cents ...
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... tion she only of all the monarchies has feared no mortal hand " God and his Son except , Created thing nought valued she nor shunned . " That the possessor and wielder of such enormous - power power alike admirable for its extent , for ...
... tion she only of all the monarchies has feared no mortal hand " God and his Son except , Created thing nought valued she nor shunned . " That the possessor and wielder of such enormous - power power alike admirable for its extent , for ...
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... tion against himself . - --- Such , amidst his superhuman grandeur and conse- crated powers of the Roman emperor's office , were the extraordinary perils which menaced the individual , and the peculiar 24 THE CÆSARS .
... tion against himself . - --- Such , amidst his superhuman grandeur and conse- crated powers of the Roman emperor's office , were the extraordinary perils which menaced the individual , and the peculiar 24 THE CÆSARS .
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... tion , ( unum accessisse sobrium ad rempublicam delen- dam . ) In reality , Lucan did not think as he wrote . He had a purpose to serve ; and in an age when to act like a freeman was no longer possible , he determined at least to write ...
... tion , ( unum accessisse sobrium ad rempublicam delen- dam . ) In reality , Lucan did not think as he wrote . He had a purpose to serve ; and in an age when to act like a freeman was no longer possible , he determined at least to write ...
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... tion of his night wanderings predisposed him to nervous irritation , Cæsar , we may be sure , was profoundly agitated . The whole elements of the scene were almost scenically disposed ; the law of antagonism having perhaps never been ...
... tion of his night wanderings predisposed him to nervous irritation , Cæsar , we may be sure , was profoundly agitated . The whole elements of the scene were almost scenically disposed ; the law of antagonism having perhaps never been ...
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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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