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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... observed , the national judges be sacred , because , as it is necessary are no more than the mouth that pro- for the good of the state to prevent nounces the words of the law , mere the legislative body from rendering passive beings ...
... observed , the national judges be sacred , because , as it is necessary are no more than the mouth that pro- for the good of the state to prevent nounces the words of the law , mere the legislative body from rendering passive beings ...
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... observed these things , I saw , with some surprise , that the I turned my eye towards the multi- Muses , whose business was to cheer udes who were climbing the steep and encourage those who were toil- ascent , and observed amongst them ...
... observed these things , I saw , with some surprise , that the I turned my eye towards the multi- Muses , whose business was to cheer udes who were climbing the steep and encourage those who were toil- ascent , and observed amongst them ...
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... observed any unity of But suppose that Homer and Vir - action , or compass of time or mode- gil were the only poets of their spe- ration in the vastness of his draught : cies , and that nature was so much his style is luxurious ...
... observed any unity of But suppose that Homer and Vir - action , or compass of time or mode- gil were the only poets of their spe- ration in the vastness of his draught : cies , and that nature was so much his style is luxurious ...
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On the Constitution of England Montesquieu | 3 |
Necessity of the Union | 23 |
The Feudal System | 30 |
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