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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... however as to believe that they in- tended to bring upon their country all the mischiefs that we , who came after them , experience and apprehend . No ; they saw the measures they took singly , and unrelatively , or relatively.
... however as to believe that they in- tended to bring upon their country all the mischiefs that we , who came after them , experience and apprehend . No ; they saw the measures they took singly , and unrelatively , or relatively.
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... measures they took singly , and unrelatively , or relatively alone to some immediate object . The notion of attaching men to the new government , by tempting them to embark their fortunes on the same bottom , was a reason of state to ...
... measures they took singly , and unrelatively , or relatively alone to some immediate object . The notion of attaching men to the new government , by tempting them to embark their fortunes on the same bottom , was a reason of state to ...
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... measure . It succeeded , and Lorenzo brought back with him public peace and private security . As soon as the French troops entered the dominions of Florence , Peter was struck 6 with a panic terror , went to Charles VIII.
... measure . It succeeded , and Lorenzo brought back with him public peace and private security . As soon as the French troops entered the dominions of Florence , Peter was struck 6 with a panic terror , went to Charles VIII.
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... measures of conduct , which the customs of different countries , the manners of different ages , and the circum- stances of different conjunctures , have appropriated , as it were , it is always ridiculous , or imprudent and dangerous ...
... measures of conduct , which the customs of different countries , the manners of different ages , and the circum- stances of different conjunctures , have appropriated , as it were , it is always ridiculous , or imprudent and dangerous ...
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... measures of those times . IV . I have said enough on this head ; and your lordship may be induced , perhaps , by what I have said , to think with me , that such histories as these , whether ancient or modern , deserve alone to be ...
... measures of those times . IV . I have said enough on this head ; and your lordship may be induced , perhaps , by what I have said , to think with me , that such histories as these , whether ancient or modern , deserve alone to be ...
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