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... mere writers , who were really actuated by an ardent longing for the improvement of the condition of mankind , and who expended their lives , and risked their fame on the pursuit of that object ; would embark on one of the most ...
... mere writers , who were really actuated by an ardent longing for the improvement of the condition of mankind , and who expended their lives , and risked their fame on the pursuit of that object ; would embark on one of the most ...
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... past — the test of mere success is one which ought to be utterly disclaimed , when judging of a character such as his . It claimed , in reality , not that B : sort of contemptuous pity which the world commonly accorded.
... past — the test of mere success is one which ought to be utterly disclaimed , when judging of a character such as his . It claimed , in reality , not that B : sort of contemptuous pity which the world commonly accorded.
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... mere monster . How many inferior qualities go to make up a mind like that of Joseph - how much there may have been of vanity , and desire to astonish , and love of power -any one may endeavour to ascertain from the copious materials for ...
... mere monster . How many inferior qualities go to make up a mind like that of Joseph - how much there may have been of vanity , and desire to astonish , and love of power -any one may endeavour to ascertain from the copious materials for ...
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... mere temporary success . Joseph under- took the task beyond his , and probably beyond human strength , of cutting the knot which so many able hands , both before and since him , have failed to untie . His scheme was no less than to ...
... mere temporary success . Joseph under- took the task beyond his , and probably beyond human strength , of cutting the knot which so many able hands , both before and since him , have failed to untie . His scheme was no less than to ...
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... mere change of law could do it , as in the five first years of Joseph's reign . Even that effected by the French Revolution itself was less rapid and extensive , especially when regard is had to the different genius , and state of ...
... mere change of law could do it , as in the five first years of Joseph's reign . Even that effected by the French Revolution itself was less rapid and extensive , especially when regard is had to the different genius , and state of ...
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Page 102 - 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 190 - 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?