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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... greater ease , and to purposes more useful : who make fair copies of foul manuscripts , give the signification of hard words , and take a great deal of other grammatical pains . The obligation to these men would be great indeed , if ...
... greater ease , and to purposes more useful : who make fair copies of foul manuscripts , give the signification of hard words , and take a great deal of other grammatical pains . The obligation to these men would be great indeed , if ...
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... We shall neither read to soothe our indolence , nor to gratify our vanity : as little shall we con- tent ourselves to drudge like grammarians and critics , that others may be able to study , with greater ease and profit.
... We shall neither read to soothe our indolence , nor to gratify our vanity : as little shall we con- tent ourselves to drudge like grammarians and critics , that others may be able to study , with greater ease and profit.
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... greater ease and profit , like philosophers and statesmen as little shall we affect the slender merit of becoming great scholars at the expense of groping all our lives in the dark mazes of antiquity . All these mistake the true drift ...
... greater ease and profit , like philosophers and statesmen as little shall we affect the slender merit of becoming great scholars at the expense of groping all our lives in the dark mazes of antiquity . All these mistake the true drift ...
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... greater number of examples that history presents to us , and deduction being made on the other of the price we often pay for our experi- ence , the value of the former will rise in proportion . ' I have re- ' corded these things ...
... greater number of examples that history presents to us , and deduction being made on the other of the price we often pay for our experi- ence , the value of the former will rise in proportion . ' I have re- ' corded these things ...
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... greater detail , a man of parts may improve the study of history to its proper and principal use ; he may sharpen the penetration , fix the attention of his mind , and strengthen his judgment ; he may acquire the faculty and the habit ...
... greater detail , a man of parts may improve the study of history to its proper and principal use ; he may sharpen the penetration , fix the attention of his mind , and strengthen his judgment ; he may acquire the faculty and the habit ...
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