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... we deliver our own judg ment . M. Guizot , in his preface , after stating that in France and Germany , as well as in England , in the most enlightened countries of Europe , Gibbon is constantly cited as an. PREFACE BY DEAN MILMAN . 13.
... we deliver our own judg ment . M. Guizot , in his preface , after stating that in France and Germany , as well as in England , in the most enlightened countries of Europe , Gibbon is constantly cited as an. PREFACE BY DEAN MILMAN . 13.
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... ment - one , when confined within reasonable limits , of unan- swerable force becomes more feeble and disputable in pro- portion as it recedes from the birthplace , as it were , of the religion . The farther Christianity advanced , the ...
... ment - one , when confined within reasonable limits , of unan- swerable force becomes more feeble and disputable in pro- portion as it recedes from the birthplace , as it were , of the religion . The farther Christianity advanced , the ...
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... ment of that writer has , in general , induced him to retain the statement from which he has ventured to differ , with the grounds on which he has formed his own opinion . ' In the notes on Christianity , he has retained all those of M ...
... ment of that writer has , in general , induced him to retain the statement from which he has ventured to differ , with the grounds on which he has formed his own opinion . ' In the notes on Christianity , he has retained all those of M ...
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... ment than an examination of misstatements . The name of Milner stands higher with a certain class of readers , but will not carry much weight with the severe investigator of history . V. Some few classical works and fragments have come ...
... ment than an examination of misstatements . The name of Milner stands higher with a certain class of readers , but will not carry much weight with the severe investigator of history . V. Some few classical works and fragments have come ...
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... ment of Blue - mantle ; and he was even suspended from his office till his tongue could learn to pronounce the oath of ab- juration . His life was prolonged to the age of ninety ; and in the expectation of the inevitable though ...
... ment of Blue - mantle ; and he was even suspended from his office till his tongue could learn to pronounce the oath of ab- juration . His life was prolonged to the age of ninety ; and in the expectation of the inevitable though ...
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