North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 6Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge University of Northern Iowa, 1818 Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 32
... action de- pends entirely upon the opinion of the agent with regard to it . If he thinks himself right , he is right ... actions , which have been attributed to the for- mer , ) substantially alike . Both are devoted by their friends to ...
... action de- pends entirely upon the opinion of the agent with regard to it . If he thinks himself right , he is right ... actions , which have been attributed to the for- mer , ) substantially alike . Both are devoted by their friends to ...
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... action - nothing else is thought worth description . The consequence is , that from the time of Homer to that of Walter Scott , war has been the never ceasing theme of poetry . Description delights to dwell upon its favourable side - to ...
... action - nothing else is thought worth description . The consequence is , that from the time of Homer to that of Walter Scott , war has been the never ceasing theme of poetry . Description delights to dwell upon its favourable side - to ...
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... actions and pas- sions of private life , and are found to possess a much deeper interest , than narratives of great political or historical move- ments . These , though generally in prose , come for all moral purposes under the ...
... actions and pas- sions of private life , and are found to possess a much deeper interest , than narratives of great political or historical move- ments . These , though generally in prose , come for all moral purposes under the ...
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... actions . However certain may be the rules of the sta- tute or common law , they must necessarily be general in their language , and incapable of a minute and perfect application to the boundless circumstances of life , which may modify ...
... actions . However certain may be the rules of the sta- tute or common law , they must necessarily be general in their language , and incapable of a minute and perfect application to the boundless circumstances of life , which may modify ...
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... actions , which will at once carry him back three centuries , for since the days of queen Eliza- beth these actions have gradually sunk into neglect ; and unless he thoroughly comprehends them , he can hardly be master of the modern actions ...
... actions , which will at once carry him back three centuries , for since the days of queen Eliza- beth these actions have gradually sunk into neglect ; and unless he thoroughly comprehends them , he can hardly be master of the modern actions ...
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