Writings of Hugh Swinton Legaré, Late Attorney General and Acting Secretary of State of the United States: Consisting of a Diary of Brussels, and Journal of the Rhine : Extracts from His Private and Diplomatic Correspondence : Orations and Speeches : and Contributions to the New-York and Southern Reviews : Prefaced by a Memoir of His Life, Embellished with a Portrait, Band 2Burges & James, 1845 |
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... matter how frequently and fully discussed , or how solemnly de- cided elsewhere , as what is called at the bar res integra , that is to say , as fair game for criticism and controversy . Besides this , we may be permitted to observe ...
... matter how frequently and fully discussed , or how solemnly de- cided elsewhere , as what is called at the bar res integra , that is to say , as fair game for criticism and controversy . Besides this , we may be permitted to observe ...
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... matters that are considered in other countries as quite settled . For instance , a formal discussion at this time of day , of the comparative merits of the ancients and moderns , and the advantages of a classical education , would be ...
... matters that are considered in other countries as quite settled . For instance , a formal discussion at this time of day , of the comparative merits of the ancients and moderns , and the advantages of a classical education , would be ...
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... matter , under the idea that their knowledge itself infers some bias , we fear we shall scarcely be consistent with ourselves , unless we exclude those also who are , most probably , so little acquainted with the subject of the ...
... matter , under the idea that their knowledge itself infers some bias , we fear we shall scarcely be consistent with ourselves , unless we exclude those also who are , most probably , so little acquainted with the subject of the ...
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... matter to be adjusted between Mr. Grimké and ourselves , concerns the ground of his hostility to the classics , and the extent to which he would be understood as pushing his principles . We are not quite sure that we perceive the true ...
... matter to be adjusted between Mr. Grimké and ourselves , concerns the ground of his hostility to the classics , and the extent to which he would be understood as pushing his principles . We are not quite sure that we perceive the true ...
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... matter of education , would sacrifice what is really useful to their own narrow or perverse theory of utility , and , out of sheer abhorrence of the luxuries and prodigality of learning , would indulge the neophyte in a very scanty ...
... matter of education , would sacrifice what is really useful to their own narrow or perverse theory of utility , and , out of sheer abhorrence of the luxuries and prodigality of learning , would indulge the neophyte in a very scanty ...
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