The Life and Correspondence of John Foster, Volume 2Bell & Daldy, 1861 - 1 pages |
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... spirit ; and with very great pecuniary efficiency . And John Marshman . has acted most generously and magnanimously . As early as the age of seventeen , he had opportunities and overtures for going into courses for making a fortune ...
... spirit ; and with very great pecuniary efficiency . And John Marshman . has acted most generously and magnanimously . As early as the age of seventeen , he had opportunities and overtures for going into courses for making a fortune ...
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... spirit that animated them , and their strong claims on the gratitude that I was very considerably prejudiced against Dr. M. till his free explanations on all points in question , led me to a conviction that gross calumny , that wanton ...
... spirit that animated them , and their strong claims on the gratitude that I was very considerably prejudiced against Dr. M. till his free explanations on all points in question , led me to a conviction that gross calumny , that wanton ...
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... spirit , retain- ing a Tory ministry supported by a corrupt parliament ; but he has irrecoverably deprived the monarchy of all such power . . . . . It will be high amusement to see ' the Bill ' driving and forcing its way through the ...
... spirit , retain- ing a Tory ministry supported by a corrupt parliament ; but he has irrecoverably deprived the monarchy of all such power . . . . . It will be high amusement to see ' the Bill ' driving and forcing its way through the ...
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... spirit of party . To do him justice , it is necessary to take into account his exalted idea of human life . Habituated to view it in its highest relations , under its moral aspect and as connected with its future destiny , he ...
... spirit of party . To do him justice , it is necessary to take into account his exalted idea of human life . Habituated to view it in its highest relations , under its moral aspect and as connected with its future destiny , he ...
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... sically of the very same spirit that it ever was ! Does any mortal doubt , whether , if it were ever to regain an ascen- dency of power , an uncontrolled dominion in this country it would reveal the fiend , and again revel in LETTERS . 27.
... sically of the very same spirit that it ever was ! Does any mortal doubt , whether , if it were ever to regain an ascen- dency of power , an uncontrolled dominion in this country it would reveal the fiend , and again revel in LETTERS . 27.
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