Fitz-Raymond; Or, The Rambler on the Rhine: A Metrico- Political Sketch of Past and Present Times |
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... Greeks ador'd and bless'd . Female Ex- cellence . 1 The name of the steam - vessel that was descending the Rhine . 2 This episode has been introduced from the circumstance of one of the passengers on board the Kaiser , having perceived ...
... Greeks ador'd and bless'd . Female Ex- cellence . 1 The name of the steam - vessel that was descending the Rhine . 2 This episode has been introduced from the circumstance of one of the passengers on board the Kaiser , having perceived ...
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... Greek , And Latin , if you please , should e'er be sent , From dear your apron strings , till taught to speak A language that is complaisant and meek ? Some prigs believe - so shame themselves and nation— That being English , they may ...
... Greek , And Latin , if you please , should e'er be sent , From dear your apron strings , till taught to speak A language that is complaisant and meek ? Some prigs believe - so shame themselves and nation— That being English , they may ...
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... Greek philosopher of Abdera , who wrote about 400 years B. C. Plato wished to inculcate the notion , that it was possible to have a community of men , whose passions could be governed with moderation , and who , ever sensible of the ...
... Greek philosopher of Abdera , who wrote about 400 years B. C. Plato wished to inculcate the notion , that it was possible to have a community of men , whose passions could be governed with moderation , and who , ever sensible of the ...
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... Greeks happier or better after their republican revolution ? —No ! their evils were changed as to nominal extent , but ... Greek sages , Solon was of opinion , that the best government was that in which the collective body of citizens ...
... Greeks happier or better after their republican revolution ? —No ! their evils were changed as to nominal extent , but ... Greek sages , Solon was of opinion , that the best government was that in which the collective body of citizens ...
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... of every useful art , and his house was a home to all the learned Greeks of his day . He died 246 years B. C. Scourged by Ptolemy .. Favoured by Seleucus . They sprang again from misery to G 2 CANTO II . 83 FITZ - RAYMOND .
... of every useful art , and his house was a home to all the learned Greeks of his day . He died 246 years B. C. Scourged by Ptolemy .. Favoured by Seleucus . They sprang again from misery to G 2 CANTO II . 83 FITZ - RAYMOND .
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