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" What a satisfactory spectacle to a philosophical mind, to see the oppressor, in the zenith of his power, envying his victim! What an acknowledgment of the superiority of virtue! What an affecting and forcible testimony to the value of that peace of mind,... "
The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany - Page 432
1808
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...every species of traditional history. Woodrow, however, whose veracity is above suspicion, says, he had it from the most unquestionable authority. It...the zenith of his power, envying his victim! What an acknowledgment of the superiority of virtue! What an affecting and forcible testimony of the value...
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The Elocutionist: Consisting of Declamations and Readings in Prose and ...

Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...however, whose veracity is above susdid, within one hour of eternity, but as for me ." picion, says he had it from the most unquestionable authority. It...zenith of his power, envying his victim ! What an acknowledgment of the superiority of virtue ! What an affecting and forcible testimony of the value...
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 540 pages
...every species of traditional history. Wbodrow, however, whose veracity is above suspicion, says he had it from the most unquestionable authority. It...zenith of his power, envying his victim ! What an acknowledgment of the superiority of virtue ! What an affecting and forcible testimony to the value...
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Biographical, Literary, and Philosophical Essays: Contributed to the ...

John Foster - Essays - 1844 - 432 pages
...Argyle, and saw him sleeping as pleasantly as ever man did, within an hour of eternity. But as for me' What a satisfactory spectacle to a philosophical mind,...the zenith of his power envying his victim ! What an acknowledgment of the superiority of virtue ! What an affecting and forcible testimony to the value...
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 790 pages
...every species of traditional history. Woodrow, however, whose veracity is above suspicion, says he had it from the most unquestionable authority. It...zenith of his power, envying his victim ! What an acknowledgment of the superiority of virtue ! What an affecting and forcible testimony to the value...
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History of the Counter-revolution in England for the Re-establishment of ...

Armand Carrel, Charles James Fox - Great Britain - 1846 - 498 pages
...every species of traditional history. Woodrow, however, whose veracity is above suspicion, says he had it from the most unquestionable authority. It...the zenith of his power, envying his victim! What an acknowledgment of the superiority of virtue! What an affecting and forcible testimony to the value...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review

Early English newspapers - 1846 - 756 pages
...had it from the most unquestionable authority. It is not in itself unlikely ; and who is there who would not wish it true ? What a satisfactory spectacle...the zenith of his power envying his victim ! What an acknowledgment of the superiority of virtue ! What an affecting and forcible testimony to the value...
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review (1802) - 1846 - 794 pages
...however, whose veracity is above suspicion, says he had it from the most unquestionable auihority. It is not in itself unlikely ; and who is there that would not wish it true f What a satisfactory spectacle to a philosophical mind, to see the oppressor, in the zenith of his...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1881 - 670 pages
...every species of traditionary history. Woodrow, however, whose veracity ia above question, says he had it from the most unquestionable authority. It is not in itself unlikely ; and who ia there that would not wish it to be true t " — Reign of Jama II., p. 405 (Bogue, 1846). EDWARD...
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Readings in science and literature

Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...and saw him sleeping as pleasantly as ever man did, within an hour of eternity ! But ;is for me ." What a satisfactory spectacle to a philosophical mind,...zenith of his power, envying his victim ! What an acknowledgment of the superiority of virtue ! What an affecting and forcible testimony to that peace...
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