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Page vii
... truth to the reader than could have been derived from any single record , however careful and im- partial - by adding to it a preface scarcely less instructive than itself , and without which the narrative of subsequent events cannot be ...
... truth to the reader than could have been derived from any single record , however careful and im- partial - by adding to it a preface scarcely less instructive than itself , and without which the narrative of subsequent events cannot be ...
Page viii
... , to convey the simple truth , that its contents are for the most part but incomplete essays , the attempts of a learner to assist fellow learners with himself . CONTENTS . I. ON SOME OF THE PRECURSORS OF THE viii PREFACE .
... , to convey the simple truth , that its contents are for the most part but incomplete essays , the attempts of a learner to assist fellow learners with himself . CONTENTS . I. ON SOME OF THE PRECURSORS OF THE viii PREFACE .
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... truth : a little more , no doubt , for a character without an alloy of self is a 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 ...
... truth : a little more , no doubt , for a character without an alloy of self is a 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 ...
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Herman Merivale. with truth , exceedingly obstinate : mein Starrkopf , ' she used to call him . Some said she spoilt him by over - in- dulgence , and that under severer discipline some of the faults of his nature would have been ...
Herman Merivale. with truth , exceedingly obstinate : mein Starrkopf , ' she used to call him . Some said she spoilt him by over - in- dulgence , and that under severer discipline some of the faults of his nature would have been ...
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... a tendency to dissimulation ; which nourished ( as others have pointed out with more truth ) a kind of fitful cynicism in his character , such as may not unfrequently be observed in gentle and enthusiastic natures thwarted JOSEPH II . 5.
... a tendency to dissimulation ; which nourished ( as others have pointed out with more truth ) a kind of fitful cynicism in his character , such as may not unfrequently be observed in gentle and enthusiastic natures thwarted JOSEPH II . 5.
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