Guesses at Truth: Second SeriesTaylor and Walton, 1848 - 383 pages |
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... must see it free from this extraneous and incompatible incumbrance . One should see it too with a southern sky to crown it and look through it . U. Homer calls words winged ; and the epithet is peculiarly 4 GUESSES AT TRUTH .
... must see it free from this extraneous and incompatible incumbrance . One should see it too with a southern sky to crown it and look through it . U. Homer calls words winged ; and the epithet is peculiarly 4 GUESSES AT TRUTH .
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... peculiarly appropriate to his ; which do indeed seem to fly , -so rapid and light is their motion ; and which have been flying ever since over the whole of the peopled earth , and still hover and brood over many an awakening soul ...
... peculiarly appropriate to his ; which do indeed seem to fly , -so rapid and light is their motion ; and which have been flying ever since over the whole of the peopled earth , and still hover and brood over many an awakening soul ...
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... peculiar phase of this idolatry , its peculiar form and aspect , under which it has conceived that the powers of earth would effect what can only be effected by the powers of heaven . Every age has its peculiar interests and excellences ...
... peculiar phase of this idolatry , its peculiar form and aspect , under which it has conceived that the powers of earth would effect what can only be effected by the powers of heaven . Every age has its peculiar interests and excellences ...
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... peculiar character of the nation . As the Germans surpass other nations in the power of discerning and understanding the spirits of other climes and times , they have been the first to perceive the true idea of the history of the world ...
... peculiar character of the nation . As the Germans surpass other nations in the power of discerning and understanding the spirits of other climes and times , they have been the first to perceive the true idea of the history of the world ...
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... peculiar features and character ; and then contemplate it with reference to the place it holds in the history of the world . What was it ? and what did it accomplish ? These are the first questions : but others follow them . How came it ...
... peculiar features and character ; and then contemplate it with reference to the place it holds in the history of the world . What was it ? and what did it accomplish ? These are the first questions : but others follow them . How came it ...
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Guesses at Truth: Second Series Wordsworth Collection,Julius Charles 1795-1855 Hare No preview available - 2016 |
GUESSES AT TRUTH Julius Charles 1795-1855 Hare,Augustus William 1792-1834 Hare No preview available - 2016 |
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