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... human life , in this population of less than 3,000,000 , fifty cases , and sixty - two persons con- demned for murder . Is this our proportion in Scot- land of this crime ? Is there any classification of offences , any juggle between ...
... human life , in this population of less than 3,000,000 , fifty cases , and sixty - two persons con- demned for murder . Is this our proportion in Scot- land of this crime ? Is there any classification of offences , any juggle between ...
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... human mind . Terror must be the effect of the sublime ; not its cause , source , or principle . In this supposed instance of the sublime in nature , power is evidently the cause of that impression - the intuitive mental perception that ...
... human mind . Terror must be the effect of the sublime ; not its cause , source , or principle . In this supposed instance of the sublime in nature , power is evidently the cause of that impression - the intuitive mental perception that ...
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... human enjoyment be in good taste or bad taste , vulgar or refined . I stuff my pipe , hire a boatman to row ine in his schuytje up the canal to a tea garden , and pass the evening as Dutchly and happily as my fellow - men . Holland is ...
... human enjoyment be in good taste or bad taste , vulgar or refined . I stuff my pipe , hire a boatman to row ine in his schuytje up the canal to a tea garden , and pass the evening as Dutchly and happily as my fellow - men . Holland is ...
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Samuel Laing. ployed in producing what ministers to human wants and gratifications ; but in transmitting what other yet thrown off the mania of legislating , by bounties , boards , and regulations , for an unnatural extension of the ...
Samuel Laing. ployed in producing what ministers to human wants and gratifications ; but in transmitting what other yet thrown off the mania of legislating , by bounties , boards , and regulations , for an unnatural extension of the ...
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... Human character also , in the large , is formed by human employment , and is only removable with it . The busy , active , indus- trious spirit of a population trained to quick work , and energetic exertion of every power , in the ...
... Human character also , in the large , is formed by human employment , and is only removable with it . The busy , active , indus- trious spirit of a population trained to quick work , and energetic exertion of every power , in the ...
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