The World's Best Essays: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen2David Josiah Brewer F.P. Kaiser, 1900 |
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... common law ; yet , by our militia laws before mentioned , a much lighter punishment is inflicted for desertion in time of peace . So , by the Roman law also , desertion in time of war was punished with death , but more mildly in time of ...
... common law ; yet , by our militia laws before mentioned , a much lighter punishment is inflicted for desertion in time of peace . So , by the Roman law also , desertion in time of war was punished with death , but more mildly in time of ...
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... , or the orator . It is proper also to observe that genius is a word , which , in common acceptation , extends much further than to the objects of taste . It is used to signify that talent or HUGH BLAIR 487 Taste and Genius.
... , or the orator . It is proper also to observe that genius is a word , which , in common acceptation , extends much further than to the objects of taste . It is used to signify that talent or HUGH BLAIR 487 Taste and Genius.
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... common soldiers and peasants . I approve , therefore , very much the devotion of a stu- dious man at Christ Church , who was overheard in his oratory entering into a detail with God , acknowledging the divine good- ness in furnishing ...
... common soldiers and peasants . I approve , therefore , very much the devotion of a stu- dious man at Christ Church , who was overheard in his oratory entering into a detail with God , acknowledging the divine good- ness in furnishing ...
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... devotion . And for the first of these ; since , as Aristotle teacheth , and was taught himself by common experience , all men are naturally desirous to know ; that propensity cannot but be powerfully 538 ROBERT BOYLE The Knowledge of ...
... devotion . And for the first of these ; since , as Aristotle teacheth , and was taught himself by common experience , all men are naturally desirous to know ; that propensity cannot but be powerfully 538 ROBERT BOYLE The Knowledge of ...
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... common than that of " Gentleman " ; and whenever it is heard , all agree in the general idea of a man in some way elevated above the vul- gar . Yet perhaps no two living are precisely agreed respecting the qualities they think requisite ...
... common than that of " Gentleman " ; and whenever it is heard , all agree in the general idea of a man in some way elevated above the vul- gar . Yet perhaps no two living are precisely agreed respecting the qualities they think requisite ...
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