The Life and Correspondence of John Foster, Volume 2Bell & Daldy, 1861 - 1 pages |
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... mortification thus inflicted on the whole proud , bigoted tribe of opposers of all improve- ment and beneficial innovation . They are ( here in Bristol pre - eminently ) amazed , and stunned , and astounded , almost out of their senses ...
... mortification thus inflicted on the whole proud , bigoted tribe of opposers of all improve- ment and beneficial innovation . They are ( here in Bristol pre - eminently ) amazed , and stunned , and astounded , almost out of their senses ...
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... mortification of some , and ungovernable rage of others . That they absolutely must pass it , and dare not even presume to modify it , is now , I suppose , a matter beyond all question . But to think of the desperate fury of a large ...
... mortification of some , and ungovernable rage of others . That they absolutely must pass it , and dare not even presume to modify it , is now , I suppose , a matter beyond all question . But to think of the desperate fury of a large ...
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... mortification of the aristocracy at the present moment ; to think that just twenty - four months since , one - fifth part voluntarily con- ceded of the reform now forced from them , would have made them grand favourites of the people ...
... mortification of the aristocracy at the present moment ; to think that just twenty - four months since , one - fifth part voluntarily con- ceded of the reform now forced from them , would have made them grand favourites of the people ...
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... mortification they are lost . It might be quite time enough , we should think , to commence this strain of tenderness , when in order to fill the places of power and emolument it has become necessary to drag by force retiring virtue and ...
... mortification they are lost . It might be quite time enough , we should think , to commence this strain of tenderness , when in order to fill the places of power and emolument it has become necessary to drag by force retiring virtue and ...
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... mortification it causes me is such that I could almost wish to be able to introduce myself , not as an ancient friend , little deserving to be remembered as such , but as a person who has just been very much inte- rested in hearing a ...
... mortification it causes me is such that I could almost wish to be able to introduce myself , not as an ancient friend , little deserving to be remembered as such , but as a person who has just been very much inte- rested in hearing a ...
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