The Southern Review, Volume 1Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick Bledsoe and Browne, 1867 |
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... soil . This virtue is diametrically opposed to the spirit of the world , which is so well expressed in the maxim of a great philosopher of antiquity : " It is good , " says he , " to re- venge ourselves on our enemies ; for it is but ...
... soil . This virtue is diametrically opposed to the spirit of the world , which is so well expressed in the maxim of a great philosopher of antiquity : " It is good , " says he , " to re- venge ourselves on our enemies ; for it is but ...
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... soil , and the generation who preceded them - scarce half - grown even now - were taught the stor- ies of the Doges ' Palace , the Tower and the Bastille , of Olmütz and St. Helena and Ham , as a warning against the wickedness of kings ...
... soil , and the generation who preceded them - scarce half - grown even now - were taught the stor- ies of the Doges ' Palace , the Tower and the Bastille , of Olmütz and St. Helena and Ham , as a warning against the wickedness of kings ...
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... soil and their cherished brethren of the South . That they apostatized from their convictions and falsified their pledges as never a great party was known to do before ; that they not only did not attempt to resist the advancing armies ...
... soil and their cherished brethren of the South . That they apostatized from their convictions and falsified their pledges as never a great party was known to do before ; that they not only did not attempt to resist the advancing armies ...
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... soil and the freedom of its people , by all the means with- in its reach ? Can the right and duty of the sister States to join in such resistance be denied ? And by right and duty , we mean , not in a revolutionary nor a merely moral ...
... soil and the freedom of its people , by all the means with- in its reach ? Can the right and duty of the sister States to join in such resistance be denied ? And by right and duty , we mean , not in a revolutionary nor a merely moral ...
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... soil whence it sprung ; and there is no distinct pros- pect of a coming resurrection . There is but one present hope the dreamy hope of despairing anguish - a hope 1867. ] 383 Recent Histories of Julius Caesar . ART. VI. 1. History of ...
... soil whence it sprung ; and there is no distinct pros- pect of a coming resurrection . There is but one present hope the dreamy hope of despairing anguish - a hope 1867. ] 383 Recent Histories of Julius Caesar . ART. VI. 1. History of ...
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Page 309 - But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God : and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
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Page 16 - Alas ! what can they teach, and not mislead, Ignorant of themselves, of God much more, And how the world began, and how man fell Degraded by himself, on grace depending?
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