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" Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms. They had their smiles and their tears, their raptures and their sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them stoics, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and... "
Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 16
by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 744 pages
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The baptist Magazine

1825 - 570 pages
...sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them stoics, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised...with human beings, but having neither part nor lot with human infirmities; insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain ; not to be pierced by any...
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The Baptist Magazine, Volume 17

1825 - 582 pages
...sorrows, but not for tho things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them stoics, bad cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised...but never to choose unwise means. They went through tho world like Sir Artcgalc's Iron man Talus, with his flail crushing and trampling down oppressors;...
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The Christian Advocate, Volume 4

1826 - 596 pages
...sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them Stoics, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised...insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain -, not to be pierced by any weapon, not to be withstood by any barrier. Such we believe to have been the character...
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The Ant, publ. during 1826 and 1827, Volume 2

Ant The - 1827 - 366 pages
...sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them Stoics, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised...insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain ; not to be pierced by any weapon, — not to be withstood by any barrier. TO THE WILLOW TREE OVER THE GRAVE...
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The English Orator: a Selection of Pieces for Reading & Recitation

James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them Stoics, had cleared theif minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised...insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain; not to be pierced by any weapon, not to be withstood by any barrier. THE BREWER AND THE PUBLICAN. A BREWER...
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Selections Fron the Edinburgh Review, Comprising the Best ..., Volumes 1-2

1835 - 932 pages
...sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them stoics, and cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised...unwise means. They went through the world, like Sir Arlegale's iron man Talus with his flail, crushing and trampling down oppressors, mingling with human...
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The Young Man's Book of Elegant Prose: Comprising Selections from the ...

1836 - 332 pages
...sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them stoies, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised...unwise means. They went through the world like Sir Artegales's iron man Talus with his flail, crushing and trampling down oppressors, mingling with human...
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The Young men's magazine, Volumes 1-2

British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 pages
...sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them stoics, and cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised...insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain; not to be pierced by any weapon, not to be withstood by any barrier. Such we believe to have been the character...
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The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review, Volume 12

Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1840 - 644 pages
...sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them stoics, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised...insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain; not to be pierced by any weapon, not to be withstood by any barrier. " Such we believe to have been the character...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 pages
...sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them Stoics, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised...insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain ; not to be pierced by any weapon, not to be withstood by any barrier. Such we believe to have been the character...
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