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... seems compounded out of the fear of affronting some one who may be entitled to acknow- ledgment , and the fear of encouraging an address which may lead to inconvenient solicitation , or at least to the loss of valuable time . I cannot ...
... seems compounded out of the fear of affronting some one who may be entitled to acknow- ledgment , and the fear of encouraging an address which may lead to inconvenient solicitation , or at least to the loss of valuable time . I cannot ...
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... seems to be as yet in suspense . All these have their several share of worldly wisdom , but all have hitherto failed to achieve more than a mere temporary success . Joseph under- took the task beyond his , and probably beyond human ...
... seems to be as yet in suspense . All these have their several share of worldly wisdom , but all have hitherto failed to achieve more than a mere temporary success . Joseph under- took the task beyond his , and probably beyond human ...
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... seems plain enough to the general reasoner ; but in point of fact no country of the civilised world has adopted the ... seem to exist only because they are so interwoven with the curious fabric of our old constitution that it is ...
... seems plain enough to the general reasoner ; but in point of fact no country of the civilised world has adopted the ... seem to exist only because they are so interwoven with the curious fabric of our old constitution that it is ...
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... seems at least to fit better than one embodying all the mathematical skill of the tailors of Laputa . Thus , for instance , Parliament , by an anomaly utterly inconsistent with religious freedom in the abstract , remains in law the sole ...
... seems at least to fit better than one embodying all the mathematical skill of the tailors of Laputa . Thus , for instance , Parliament , by an anomaly utterly inconsistent with religious freedom in the abstract , remains in law the sole ...
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... seems , on the whole , inclined to acquiesce in temporal as a less evil than spiritual encroachment . Noblemen and squires ( Edelleute und Junker ) want now to govern consciences and to be concerned in the church . But if the clergy get ...
... seems , on the whole , inclined to acquiesce in temporal as a less evil than spiritual encroachment . Noblemen and squires ( Edelleute und Junker ) want now to govern consciences and to be concerned in the church . But if the clergy get ...
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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?