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... mind , emancipated from the influence of authority , and devoted to the search of truth . Milton professes to form his system from the Bible alone ; and his digest of scriptural texts is certainly among the best that have appeared . But ...
... mind , emancipated from the influence of authority , and devoted to the search of truth . Milton professes to form his system from the Bible alone ; and his digest of scriptural texts is certainly among the best that have appeared . But ...
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... mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called un- soundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many me- trical compositions which , on other ...
... mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called un- soundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many me- trical compositions which , on other ...
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... mind . He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has perhaps constituted hitherto his chief title to superiority . His very talents will be a hindrance to him . His difficulties will be proportioned to his proficiency in the pursuits ...
... mind . He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has perhaps constituted hitherto his chief title to superiority . His very talents will be a hindrance to him . His difficulties will be proportioned to his proficiency in the pursuits ...
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... mind was , in the noble language of the Hebrew poet , " a land of darkness , as darkness itself , and where the light was as darkness . ” The gloom of his character discolours all the pas- sions of men , and all the face of nature , and ...
... mind was , in the noble language of the Hebrew poet , " a land of darkness , as darkness itself , and where the light was as darkness . ” The gloom of his character discolours all the pas- sions of men , and all the face of nature , and ...
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... mind , found a more powerful and durable excite- ment in the intense thirst of empire and re- venge ; who emerged ... mind of Julius . It divided with manuscripts and sauces , painters and falcons , the attention of the frivolous Leo ...
... mind , found a more powerful and durable excite- ment in the intense thirst of empire and re- venge ; who emerged ... mind of Julius . It divided with manuscripts and sauces , painters and falcons , the attention of the frivolous Leo ...
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