Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... genius where it may be supposed to have originally existed , or itself exists only where genius is not found , it is remarkable , that in the whole series of Roman pontiffs , not one example of true magnanimity and grandeur of soul is ...
... genius where it may be supposed to have originally existed , or itself exists only where genius is not found , it is remarkable , that in the whole series of Roman pontiffs , not one example of true magnanimity and grandeur of soul is ...
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... Genius slept for a thousand years . Charlemagne , Alfred , Henry II , Ed- ward III , and Henry V , all of England , with Henry IV of France , are all whom you would enroll in the catalogue of great men . I except Charles V of Germany ...
... Genius slept for a thousand years . Charlemagne , Alfred , Henry II , Ed- ward III , and Henry V , all of England , with Henry IV of France , are all whom you would enroll in the catalogue of great men . I except Charles V of Germany ...
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... genius burst forth with a splendour , that surpassed the most brilliant days of Greece and Rome . Among the princes of Europe more great characters were found in the space of two hundred years , than in the thousand years that preceded ...
... genius burst forth with a splendour , that surpassed the most brilliant days of Greece and Rome . Among the princes of Europe more great characters were found in the space of two hundred years , than in the thousand years that preceded ...
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... genius was felt by all Europe . The Spanish power , the fabric of Charles V , which was thought to have menaced a revival of the Roman em- pire , was humbled by the genius of this great , 4 great , though wicked minister , and feels the ...
... genius was felt by all Europe . The Spanish power , the fabric of Charles V , which was thought to have menaced a revival of the Roman em- pire , was humbled by the genius of this great , 4 great , though wicked minister , and feels the ...
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... genius of Rich- lieu , and his duplicity and treachery , toge- ther with his timidity , had often nearly ruined all . Sully , the minister of the great Henry of France , and Oxenstiern , the mini- ster of the still greater Gustavus of ...
... genius of Rich- lieu , and his duplicity and treachery , toge- ther with his timidity , had often nearly ruined all . Sully , the minister of the great Henry of France , and Oxenstiern , the mini- ster of the still greater Gustavus of ...
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