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... Human Under- standing , & c . , with Notes and Index by J. A. St. JOHN . Portrait . In 2 vols . Life and Letters , with Ex- tracts from his Common - Place Books , by Lord KING . Luther's Table Talk . Translated by WILLIAM HAZLITT ...
... Human Under- standing , & c . , with Notes and Index by J. A. St. JOHN . Portrait . In 2 vols . Life and Letters , with Ex- tracts from his Common - Place Books , by Lord KING . Luther's Table Talk . Translated by WILLIAM HAZLITT ...
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... human life and character , than to engage with ardour in practical con- cerns . Technical punctilios , and formalities were his aversion ; and it costs no effort to believe , that “ he never had the least curiosity to inquire into the ...
... human life and character , than to engage with ardour in practical con- cerns . Technical punctilios , and formalities were his aversion ; and it costs no effort to believe , that “ he never had the least curiosity to inquire into the ...
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... human race , and contemplating that visage which has so long reflected the happiness of nations . " - BURKE'S Speech on the Nabob of Arcot's Debts . Works , vol . iv . pp . 62 , 63. ( Lond . 1852. ) VOL . II . C There can never again so ...
... human race , and contemplating that visage which has so long reflected the happiness of nations . " - BURKE'S Speech on the Nabob of Arcot's Debts . Works , vol . iv . pp . 62 , 63. ( Lond . 1852. ) VOL . II . C There can never again so ...
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... human life . Habituated to view it in its highest relations , under its moral aspect and as connected with its future destiny , he contemplated the general tenor of men's pursuits with pro- found regret . For the mass of the people he ...
... human life . Habituated to view it in its highest relations , under its moral aspect and as connected with its future destiny , he contemplated the general tenor of men's pursuits with pro- found regret . For the mass of the people he ...
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... human nature , selfish neglect and selfish agitation , the former is the more common , and has in the long run done far more harm than the latter , although the outbreaks of the latter while they last are of a far more atrocious ...
... human nature , selfish neglect and selfish agitation , the former is the more common , and has in the long run done far more harm than the latter , although the outbreaks of the latter while they last are of a far more atrocious ...
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