The National Review, Volume 2Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot Robert Theobald, 1856 - Periodicals |
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... believe that the second structure was not much inferior to the first . " But this only shows how far a family feeling may bias a sceptical judgment . The credit of a man in Mr. Gibbon's position could not be very lucrative ; and his ...
... believe that the second structure was not much inferior to the first . " But this only shows how far a family feeling may bias a sceptical judgment . The credit of a man in Mr. Gibbon's position could not be very lucrative ; and his ...
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... believe now that air or water was the principle , the pervading substance , the eternal material of all things ? Such affairs will never ex- plain a thick rock ; they scarcely account for pea - soup ; and what a white original for a ...
... believe now that air or water was the principle , the pervading substance , the eternal material of all things ? Such affairs will never ex- plain a thick rock ; they scarcely account for pea - soup ; and what a white original for a ...
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... believe that those powers were continued even to the latest ages as to any other , how early and primitive soever , after the days of the apostles . But the same writer gives us two reasons why he does not choose to say any thing upon ...
... believe that those powers were continued even to the latest ages as to any other , how early and primitive soever , after the days of the apostles . But the same writer gives us two reasons why he does not choose to say any thing upon ...
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... believe in the Pretender , and what is more amazing still - all but incredible - that he fasted . A curious youth for a sceptical and Epicurean historian ! It is probable , however , that the skill of the Swiss pastor was not the really ...
... believe in the Pretender , and what is more amazing still - all but incredible - that he fasted . A curious youth for a sceptical and Epicurean historian ! It is probable , however , that the skill of the Swiss pastor was not the really ...
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... believe that I read nearly one - half of Homer like a mere school- boy , not enough master of the words to elevate myself to the poetry . The remainder I read with a good deal of care and criticism , and made many observations on them ...
... believe that I read nearly one - half of Homer like a mere school- boy , not enough master of the words to elevate myself to the poetry . The remainder I read with a good deal of care and criticism , and made many observations on them ...
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