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It was perhaps due to the fresh hopes thus excited that Bacon's " civil ends ” gradually became less moderate . With the support of his powerful and enthusiastic patron , the highest offices in the State might not be beyond his reach .
It was perhaps due to the fresh hopes thus excited that Bacon's " civil ends ” gradually became less moderate . With the support of his powerful and enthusiastic patron , the highest offices in the State might not be beyond his reach .
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Contrary to all expectation she recovered , and then became a pattern of devotion . She adopted an austere mode of life , gave up her gorgeous dress and visited the poor , and especially the sick . The Princesse de Conti joined the ...
Contrary to all expectation she recovered , and then became a pattern of devotion . She adopted an austere mode of life , gave up her gorgeous dress and visited the poor , and especially the sick . The Princesse de Conti joined the ...
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with strong literary proclivities ; and he became known to James Burnet , better known by his title of Lord Monboddo . Monboddo was man of considerable learning and equal eccentricity . One of his ideas , that man was developed from the ...
with strong literary proclivities ; and he became known to James Burnet , better known by his title of Lord Monboddo . Monboddo was man of considerable learning and equal eccentricity . One of his ideas , that man was developed from the ...
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This is a 1967 reprint of the 1907 volume. The date of 1789 does not figure in at all
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CONTENTS | 8 |
The Two Lots By C W BRODRIBB | 41 |
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