The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volumen76A. Constable, 1843 |
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... spirit of this candid and judicious system through- out his whole work . We cannot , of course , pretend to have verified his statements by constant reference to the writers from whom he has drawn his information . The events which he ...
... spirit of this candid and judicious system through- out his whole work . We cannot , of course , pretend to have verified his statements by constant reference to the writers from whom he has drawn his information . The events which he ...
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... spirit as topographical knowledge ; and he not only impresses on the memory the principal features of the scene of action , but generally succeeds in conveying a vivid picture of them to the imagination . He appears , indeed , to have ...
... spirit as topographical knowledge ; and he not only impresses on the memory the principal features of the scene of action , but generally succeeds in conveying a vivid picture of them to the imagination . He appears , indeed , to have ...
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... spirit and feelings of the ' moment could be faithfully transmitted to posterity , or justice ' done to the motives , on either side , which influenced mankind .'- ( Pref . xliv . ) Providence , ' says Mr Alison , has so interwoven ...
... spirit and feelings of the ' moment could be faithfully transmitted to posterity , or justice ' done to the motives , on either side , which influenced mankind .'- ( Pref . xliv . ) Providence , ' says Mr Alison , has so interwoven ...
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... spirit by which it was subverted . He speaks of violent revolutions , sometimes as the stern but beneficial punishments of tyranny and corrup- tion - sometimes as national fits of insanity , the judgment of Providence upon moral ...
... spirit by which it was subverted . He speaks of violent revolutions , sometimes as the stern but beneficial punishments of tyranny and corrup- tion - sometimes as national fits of insanity , the judgment of Providence upon moral ...
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... SPIRIT OF INNOVATION , which , like a malady , overspread France at that crisis , precipi- ' tated all classes into a passion for changes , of which they were ' far from perceiving the ultimate effects , and in the end produced ' evils ...
... SPIRIT OF INNOVATION , which , like a malady , overspread France at that crisis , precipi- ' tated all classes into a passion for changes , of which they were ' far from perceiving the ultimate effects , and in the end produced ' evils ...
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