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Page 14
... called criti- cisms , are often , in fact , mere records of impressions . To judge of their value you must know where the man was brought up , under what influences , -his nation , his church , his family even . He himself has never ...
... called criti- cisms , are often , in fact , mere records of impressions . To judge of their value you must know where the man was brought up , under what influences , -his nation , his church , his family even . He himself has never ...
Page 50
... called patriotic piety , has , if I may so say , almost left me , who was charmed with so sweet a sound , without a country . * * * I will conclude after first begging you , if there be any errors in the diction or the punctuation , to ...
... called patriotic piety , has , if I may so say , almost left me , who was charmed with so sweet a sound , without a country . * * * I will conclude after first begging you , if there be any errors in the diction or the punctuation , to ...
Page 60
... called out and disciplined , that they may be sure that it is a genuine vocation , and not an accidental bias , which decides the course on reaching maturity . Sir James Mackintosh read and talked through his early youth ; had he been ...
... called out and disciplined , that they may be sure that it is a genuine vocation , and not an accidental bias , which decides the course on reaching maturity . Sir James Mackintosh read and talked through his early youth ; had he been ...
Page 66
... called for only so small a portion of his powers . Did he then fix his attention on that other noble aim which rose before him , and labour to become for ever illustrious as the historian of his country ? No ! Man may escape from every ...
... called for only so small a portion of his powers . Did he then fix his attention on that other noble aim which rose before him , and labour to become for ever illustrious as the historian of his country ? No ! Man may escape from every ...
Page 77
... called " the crown of creation ; " he sees its beauty and its strength with calm approval , its weaknesses , its liability to disease , with stern pity or cold indignation . His nicely dissected or undraped virtues are scarcely more ...
... called " the crown of creation ; " he sees its beauty and its strength with calm approval , its weaknesses , its liability to disease , with stern pity or cold indignation . His nicely dissected or undraped virtues are scarcely more ...
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