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... feelings tremblingly alive to every variation in those of the persons whom he loved ; an eager , inquisitive , but attractive bearing ; a special fondness for refined , and particularly female , society - his only relaxation in later ...
... feelings tremblingly alive to every variation in those of the persons whom he loved ; an eager , inquisitive , but attractive bearing ; a special fondness for refined , and particularly female , society - his only relaxation in later ...
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... feelings wounded , in the process . Regis ad exemplar , the subordinates who were intrusted with the execution of the Emperor's inno- vating decrees set to work with a revolutionary violence which seems hardly credible in a civilised ...
... feelings wounded , in the process . Regis ad exemplar , the subordinates who were intrusted with the execution of the Emperor's inno- vating decrees set to work with a revolutionary violence which seems hardly credible in a civilised ...
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... feelings and opinions which this controversy stirred up were eagerly embraced by his tenacious disposition ; and no sooner had he attained Ꭰ independent sovereignty , than he proceeded at once to carry JOSEPH II . 33.
... feelings and opinions which this controversy stirred up were eagerly embraced by his tenacious disposition ; and no sooner had he attained Ꭰ independent sovereignty , than he proceeded at once to carry JOSEPH II . 33.
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... feelings of observers , alter the general estimate of his undertaking . Even now some liberal his- torians , like Schlosser , affect to doubt the reality of its effects , and assert that the great South - German ' revival ' of 1782 ...
... feelings of observers , alter the general estimate of his undertaking . Even now some liberal his- torians , like Schlosser , affect to doubt the reality of its effects , and assert that the great South - German ' revival ' of 1782 ...
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... feeling of indignation and repulsion toward oppression ; a strong sense of the worth and natural equality of men ; a strong passion for enlightenment , toleration , freedom , civilisation . She did not see clearly her way to all these ...
... feeling of indignation and repulsion toward oppression ; a strong sense of the worth and natural equality of men ; a strong passion for enlightenment , toleration , freedom , civilisation . She did not see clearly her way to all these ...
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Page 100 - The pamphlet proves what I have always maintained, that any fool may write a most valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity.
Page 188 - And you, my midnight darlings, my Folios ! must I part with the intense delight of having you (huge armfuls) in my embraces ? Must knowledge come to me, if it come at all, by some awkward experiment of intuition, and no longer by this familiar process of reading ? Shall I enjoy friendships there wanting the smiling indications which point me to them here, — the recognisable face the "sweet assurance of a look?