Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 2S. Walker, 1826 - English letters |
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Page 58
... consider- Cicero , whether we suppose him ation of her birth , did not immedi- to have been governed by original ately put her to death . He even vanity , or by a habit of considering ventured to let her daughter have ac- the world as a ...
... consider- Cicero , whether we suppose him ation of her birth , did not immedi- to have been governed by original ately put her to death . He even vanity , or by a habit of considering ventured to let her daughter have ac- the world as a ...
Page 104
... consider honours by throwing the state into both in the same light of robbers and confusion , which they despair of plunderers . But I advise them to during its tranquillity . To these I , drop their frantic ambition , and think shall ...
... consider honours by throwing the state into both in the same light of robbers and confusion , which they despair of plunderers . But I advise them to during its tranquillity . To these I , drop their frantic ambition , and think shall ...
Page 146
... consider ful . Though he had naturally so lit- the greatness , the variety , or the suc- tle of the martial turn , that during cess of his undertaking , was the most the most ardent and bustling period conspicuous . It is from an ...
... consider ful . Though he had naturally so lit- the greatness , the variety , or the suc- tle of the martial turn , that during cess of his undertaking , was the most the most ardent and bustling period conspicuous . It is from an ...
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On the Constitution of England Montesquieu | 3 |
Necessity of the Union | 23 |
The Feudal System | 30 |
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