Works: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Band 12Thomas Tegg and others, 1824 |
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... says Clarendon , " was so incredible , that all men , who knew the place , wondered that any sober man , with what courage soever endowed , would ever have undertaken it , and they could hardly persuade themselves to be- lieve what they ...
... says Clarendon , " was so incredible , that all men , who knew the place , wondered that any sober man , with what courage soever endowed , would ever have undertaken it , and they could hardly persuade themselves to be- lieve what they ...
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... says the oriental proverb , " pull a dead lion by the beard . " But that regard which was denied his body has been paid to his better remains , his name and his memory . Nor has any writer dared to deny him the praise of intrepidity ...
... says the oriental proverb , " pull a dead lion by the beard . " But that regard which was denied his body has been paid to his better remains , his name and his memory . Nor has any writer dared to deny him the praise of intrepidity ...
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... says that writer , " of the liberty of the subject , and the glory of his nation ; and as he made use of no mean artifices to raise himself to the highest command at sea , so he needed no interest but his merit to support him in it . He ...
... says that writer , " of the liberty of the subject , and the glory of his nation ; and as he made use of no mean artifices to raise himself to the highest command at sea , so he needed no interest but his merit to support him in it . He ...
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... says the relator ; whether justly or not , it is not very important to determine . There seems to be in Drake's scruple somewhat of superstition , perhaps not easily to be justified ; and the negro's answer was , at least , martial ...
... says the relator ; whether justly or not , it is not very important to determine . There seems to be in Drake's scruple somewhat of superstition , perhaps not easily to be justified ; and the negro's answer was , at least , martial ...
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... say , is lost by the perplexities than gained by the instruction of science ; we enlarge our vices with our knowledge , and multiply our wants with our attainments , and the happiness of life is better secured by ignorance of vice than ...
... say , is lost by the perplexities than gained by the instruction of science ; we enlarge our vices with our knowledge , and multiply our wants with our attainments , and the happiness of life is better secured by ignorance of vice than ...
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