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... excellent among the emperors — of the Antonines and Adrians , and those called models of piety and good- ness - will be at once convinced of the truth of this . The slave is put beyond the pale of humanity ; the influence of the ...
... excellent among the emperors — of the Antonines and Adrians , and those called models of piety and good- ness - will be at once convinced of the truth of this . The slave is put beyond the pale of humanity ; the influence of the ...
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... excellent as King James said of him , ' He was like a cat , throw him which way you will he will light upon his feet ! " " It is unhappily true that all our judges have not walked in the steps of this illustrious personage , and history ...
... excellent as King James said of him , ' He was like a cat , throw him which way you will he will light upon his feet ! " " It is unhappily true that all our judges have not walked in the steps of this illustrious personage , and history ...
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... excellent . These qualities , which were in him by nature , he by learning and use had made perfect . " Probably it was while in the cardinal's house- hold that More was first known to Collet , Dean of St. Paul's , and future founder of ...
... excellent . These qualities , which were in him by nature , he by learning and use had made perfect . " Probably it was while in the cardinal's house- hold that More was first known to Collet , Dean of St. Paul's , and future founder of ...
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... excellent cunning man , and all the chief learned of the city of London . " This seems to us a strange business , that a young lawyer should read divinity lectures on the moral govern- ment of the world . But it must be remembered that ...
... excellent cunning man , and all the chief learned of the city of London . " This seems to us a strange business , that a young lawyer should read divinity lectures on the moral govern- ment of the world . But it must be remembered that ...
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... excellent masters . I hear , from Mr. Nicholas , that you are , with his help , making such prodigious progress in astronomy as not only to know the Pole Star and the Dog , and such common constellations , but even , with a skill which ...
... excellent masters . I hear , from Mr. Nicholas , that you are , with his help , making such prodigious progress in astronomy as not only to know the Pole Star and the Dog , and such common constellations , but even , with a skill which ...
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