Letters on the Study and Use of History: On Exile ; the Spirit of Patriotism ; Idea of a Patriot King ; State of Parties in 1714Alexander Murray, 1870 - 280 pages |
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... apply themselves to it , as I had begun to do in my former letter . The love of history seems inseparable from human ... applies himself to history , or to that which he takes for history , —to authorized romance ; and even in age , the ...
... apply themselves to it , as I had begun to do in my former letter . The love of history seems inseparable from human ... applies himself to history , or to that which he takes for history , —to authorized romance ; and even in age , the ...
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... application . The true and proper object of this application , is a constant improvement in private and in public ... apply to ourselves what we see happen to other men . Instructions by precept have the further disadvantage of coming ...
... application . The true and proper object of this application , is a constant improvement in private and in public ... apply to ourselves what we see happen to other men . Instructions by precept have the further disadvantage of coming ...
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... applies himself early to the study of history as the study of philosophy , with the intention of being wiser and ... application to this study , we conn them over at least before we appear there : we are not quite unprepared , we learn ...
... applies himself early to the study of history as the study of philosophy , with the intention of being wiser and ... application to this study , we conn them over at least before we appear there : we are not quite unprepared , we learn ...
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... application to the study of history will contribute extremely to keep our minds free from a ridiculous partiality in favour of our own country , and a vicious prejudice against others ; yet the same study will create in us a pre ...
... application to the study of history will contribute extremely to keep our minds free from a ridiculous partiality in favour of our own country , and a vicious prejudice against others ; yet the same study will create in us a pre ...
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... applies himself early to the study of history , may acquire in a few years , and before he sets his foot abroad in the world , not only a more extended knowledge of mankind , but the experience of more centuries than any of the ...
... applies himself early to the study of history , may acquire in a few years , and before he sets his foot abroad in the world , not only a more extended knowledge of mankind , but the experience of more centuries than any of the ...
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Letters on the Study and Use of History; On Exile; The Spirit of Patriotism ... Henry St John Bolingbroke No preview available - 2015 |
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