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... never rose to the extreme pitch , and it rather sank than increased as he continued his experiences of men and things . This of Formey and the two Newspapers was the only express attempt he made in that direction , and it proved a ...
... never rose to the extreme pitch , and it rather sank than increased as he continued his experiences of men and things . This of Formey and the two Newspapers was the only express attempt he made in that direction , and it proved a ...
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... never get forgotten again . Lieutenant General Schulenburg too , the didactic Schulenburg , presuming on old familiarity , and willing to wipe out the misfortune of having once condemned us to death , which nobody is now upbraiding him ...
... never get forgotten again . Lieutenant General Schulenburg too , the didactic Schulenburg , presuming on old familiarity , and willing to wipe out the misfortune of having once condemned us to death , which nobody is now upbraiding him ...
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... never once alluded to that interesting pas- sage in his young life and Spaen's.21 Hard as polished steel ! thinks Spaen perhaps ; but , if candid , must ask himself withal , Are facts any softer , or the Laws of Kingship to a man that ...
... never once alluded to that interesting pas- sage in his young life and Spaen's.21 Hard as polished steel ! thinks Spaen perhaps ; but , if candid , must ask himself withal , Are facts any softer , or the Laws of Kingship to a man that ...
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... never wearied of trying . " A man that does not care for mer- it , " says the adage , “ can not himself have any . " But a King that does not care for merit , what shall we say of such a King ! Behavior to his Mother - to his Wife . One ...
... never wearied of trying . " A man that does not care for mer- it , " says the adage , “ can not himself have any . " But a King that does not care for merit , what shall we say of such a King ! Behavior to his Mother - to his Wife . One ...
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... never complained , was ungenial to such a man . “ Somewhat of a rotten Epoch , this , into which Friedrich has been born , to shape himself and his activities , royal and other ! " exclaims Smelfungus once : In an older earnest Time ...
... never complained , was ungenial to such a man . “ Somewhat of a rotten Epoch , this , into which Friedrich has been born , to shape himself and his activities , royal and other ! " exclaims Smelfungus once : In an older earnest Time ...
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Page 119 - ... it is cursorily, and in the business way only ; and there is not here or elsewhere the least pleading — a man, you would say, considerably indifferent to our belief on that head : his eye set on the practical merely. "Just Rights? What are rights, never so just, which you cannot make valid ! The world is full of such. If you have rights and can assert them into facts, do it ; that is worth doing...
Page 34 - Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee.
Page 303 - This picture can not fail to be shocking to the humane reader, especially when he is informed that, while those miserable objects cried in vain for assistance, and actually perished for want of proper attendance, every ship of war in the fleet could have spared a couple of surgeons for their relief, and many young gentlemen of that profession solicited their captains in vain for leave to go and administer help to the sick and wounded.
Page 110 - Opportunity in this manner, and obeyed the new omen. To seize such an opportunity, and perilously mount upon it, was the part of a young magnanimous King, less sensible to the perils, and more to the other considerations, than one older would have been.