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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... interest , attach us to it , not in- stinct . It is however so necessary to be cultivated , and the prosperity of all societies , as well as the grandeur of some , depends upon it so much , that orators by their eloquence , and poets by ...
... interest , attach us to it , not in- stinct . It is however so necessary to be cultivated , and the prosperity of all societies , as well as the grandeur of some , depends upon it so much , that orators by their eloquence , and poets by ...
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... interest , in opposition to the landed interest or as a balance to it , and of acquiring a superior influence in the city of London at least by the establishment of great corporations , was a reason of party to others ; and I make no ...
... interest , in opposition to the landed interest or as a balance to it , and of acquiring a superior influence in the city of London at least by the establishment of great corporations , was a reason of party to others ; and I make no ...
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... interest posterity in their quarrels , and by ren- dering history subservient to this wicked purpose , they have done their utmost to perpetuate scandal and to immortalise their animosity . The heathen taxed the Jews even with idolatry ...
... interest posterity in their quarrels , and by ren- dering history subservient to this wicked purpose , they have done their utmost to perpetuate scandal and to immortalise their animosity . The heathen taxed the Jews even with idolatry ...
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... interests at the public expense ; all such , I say , de- serve to be burnt , and the authors of them to starve , like Machiavel , in a jail . LETTER V. I. The great use of history , properly so called , as distinguished from the ...
... interests at the public expense ; all such , I say , de- serve to be burnt , and the authors of them to starve , like Machiavel , in a jail . LETTER V. I. The great use of history , properly so called , as distinguished from the ...
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... interest , nor for the sake of the clergy , but for the sake of mankind . Now it has been long matter of astonish- ment to me how such persons as these could take so much silly pains to establish mystery on metaphysics , revelation on ...
... interest , nor for the sake of the clergy , but for the sake of mankind . Now it has been long matter of astonish- ment to me how such persons as these could take so much silly pains to establish mystery on metaphysics , revelation on ...
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