American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... principle of utility , but further their hobby horse will not carry them . Their attraction is to the earth , and , like Sancho on the magic steed , no power of imagination , what- ever they may pretend , can force them an inch upward ...
... principle of utility , but further their hobby horse will not carry them . Their attraction is to the earth , and , like Sancho on the magic steed , no power of imagination , what- ever they may pretend , can force them an inch upward ...
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... principle comes strongly to the assistance of es- tablished institutions , it is difficult to make the march of altera- tion sufficiently gradual , though we fetter it with forms and so- lemnities . There are always unquiet spirits ...
... principle comes strongly to the assistance of es- tablished institutions , it is difficult to make the march of altera- tion sufficiently gradual , though we fetter it with forms and so- lemnities . There are always unquiet spirits ...
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... principle of all human greatness , attention ; to give a command of the faculties , to such degree of investigation as their tender expansion will permit ; to enlarge and strengthen them by judicious exercise ; and for this purpose ...
... principle of all human greatness , attention ; to give a command of the faculties , to such degree of investigation as their tender expansion will permit ; to enlarge and strengthen them by judicious exercise ; and for this purpose ...
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... principles of liberty , and just sentiments of the dignity and rights of mankind , must be imbibed . " Slaves only are always and necessarily ignorant . The Turk , on the very site of Byzantium , is the only inhabitant of Europe who ...
... principles of liberty , and just sentiments of the dignity and rights of mankind , must be imbibed . " Slaves only are always and necessarily ignorant . The Turk , on the very site of Byzantium , is the only inhabitant of Europe who ...
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Robert Walsh. a constant recurrence to original principles , or allow the sanctions and evidence of their truth to perish from the national remem- brance . One step in silence over a prostrate right , is a stride to- wards the ruin of ...
Robert Walsh. a constant recurrence to original principles , or allow the sanctions and evidence of their truth to perish from the national remem- brance . One step in silence over a prostrate right , is a stride to- wards the ruin of ...
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