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... mind the carnage which was made . You will give a glance at the whole , and you will agree with me , that to form this hero no less than twelve hundred thousand lives must have been sacrificed : but no sooner had he fallen himself a ...
... mind the carnage which was made . You will give a glance at the whole , and you will agree with me , that to form this hero no less than twelve hundred thousand lives must have been sacrificed : but no sooner had he fallen himself a ...
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... mind , it needs only to look upon the sanguinary measures , and in- struments of violence , which are everywhere used to sup- port them . Let us take a review of the dungeons , whips , chains , racks , gibbets , with which every society ...
... mind , it needs only to look upon the sanguinary measures , and in- struments of violence , which are everywhere used to sup- port them . Let us take a review of the dungeons , whips , chains , racks , gibbets , with which every society ...
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... mind . When Alexander had in his fury inhumanly butcher- ed one of his best friends and bravest captains , on the re- turn of reason he began to conceive a horror suitable to the guilt of such a murder . In this juncture , his council ...
... mind . When Alexander had in his fury inhumanly butcher- ed one of his best friends and bravest captains , on the re- turn of reason he began to conceive a horror suitable to the guilt of such a murder . In this juncture , his council ...
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... mind has rest . Power gradually extirpates from the mind every hu- mane and gentle virtue . Pity , benevolence , friendship , are things almost unknown in high stations . Vera amicitiæ rarissime inveniuntur in iis qui in honoribus reque ...
... mind has rest . Power gradually extirpates from the mind every hu- mane and gentle virtue . Pity , benevolence , friendship , are things almost unknown in high stations . Vera amicitiæ rarissime inveniuntur in iis qui in honoribus reque ...
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... mind has its share of the misfortune ; it grows lazy and enervate , unwilling and unable to search for truth , and utterly uncapable of knowing , much less of re- lishing , real happiness . The poor by their excessive labour , and the ...
... mind has its share of the misfortune ; it grows lazy and enervate , unwilling and unable to search for truth , and utterly uncapable of knowing , much less of re- lishing , real happiness . The poor by their excessive labour , and the ...
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