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... whole bizeμevi . the total habitable world as then known to geography , or recog- nised by the muse of History- than at this day the British empire on the sea can be brought into question or made conditional , because some chief of ...
... whole bizeμevi . the total habitable world as then known to geography , or recog- nised by the muse of History- than at this day the British empire on the sea can be brought into question or made conditional , because some chief of ...
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... whole family of man into one fold under one all - conquering Shepherd . Hence the fanatics of 1650 , who proclaimed Jesus for their king , and who did sincerely anticipate his near advent in great power , and under some personal ...
... whole family of man into one fold under one all - conquering Shepherd . Hence the fanatics of 1650 , who proclaimed Jesus for their king , and who did sincerely anticipate his near advent in great power , and under some personal ...
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... whole for the individual who happened to fill the office . The emperor de facto might be viewed under two aspects : there was the man , and there was the office . In his office he was immortal and sacred : but as a question might still ...
... whole for the individual who happened to fill the office . The emperor de facto might be viewed under two aspects : there was the man , and there was the office . In his office he was immortal and sacred : but as a question might still ...
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... whole gallery of those who follow , we can undertake that the memorials which we shall bring forward , may be looked upon as belonging pretty much to what has hitherto been a sealed book . CHAPTER I. THE character of the first Cæsar has ...
... whole gallery of those who follow , we can undertake that the memorials which we shall bring forward , may be looked upon as belonging pretty much to what has hitherto been a sealed book . CHAPTER I. THE character of the first Cæsar has ...
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... whole genus . The Attilas and the Tamerlanes , who rejoice in avowing themselves the scourges of God , and the special instruments of his wrath , have no one feature of affinity to the polished and humane Cæsar , and would as little ...
... whole genus . The Attilas and the Tamerlanes , who rejoice in avowing themselves the scourges of God , and the special instruments of his wrath , have no one feature of affinity to the polished and humane Cæsar , and would as little ...
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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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