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Page 245
... Lord Bolingbroke , Dissert . on Parties , De- dicat . ) " Are these designs , which any man , " who is born a Briton , in any circumstances LECT . XI . 245 STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES .
... Lord Bolingbroke , Dissert . on Parties , De- dicat . ) " Are these designs , which any man , " who is born a Briton , in any circumstances LECT . XI . 245 STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES .
Page 258
... Lord Bolingbroke , the rapidity of whose genius and manner of writing betrays him frequently into inaccuracies of this sort . It is in the introduction to his Idea of a Patriot King , where he writes thus : " It seems to me , that in ...
... Lord Bolingbroke , the rapidity of whose genius and manner of writing betrays him frequently into inaccuracies of this sort . It is in the introduction to his Idea of a Patriot King , where he writes thus : " It seems to me , that in ...
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... Lord Bolingbroke says , " Such 66 a man might fall a victim to - power ; but truth , " and reason , and liberty would fall with him . ” In the same manner Cæsar describes an engage- ment with the Nervii : " His equitibus facile pulsis ...
... Lord Bolingbroke says , " Such 66 a man might fall a victim to - power ; but truth , " and reason , and liberty would fall with him . ” In the same manner Cæsar describes an engage- ment with the Nervii : " His equitibus facile pulsis ...
Page 277
... Lord Bolingbroke , is also beautiful : This decency , this grace , this pro- " priety of manners to character , is so essential to < s * " Care must be taken that our composition shall not fall " off , and that a weaker expression shall ...
... Lord Bolingbroke , is also beautiful : This decency , this grace , this pro- " priety of manners to character , is so essential to < s * " Care must be taken that our composition shall not fall " off , and that a weaker expression shall ...
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... Lord Bolingbroke , ( Letter on the State of Parties at the Accession of King George I. ) : " Let me , " therefore , conclude by repeating , that division " LECT . XII . 281 STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES .
... Lord Bolingbroke , ( Letter on the State of Parties at the Accession of King George I. ) : " Let me , " therefore , conclude by repeating , that division " LECT . XII . 281 STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES .
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