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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... object of their application . The true and proper object of this application , is a constant improvement in private and in public virtue . An application to any study that tends neither directly nor indirectly to make us better men and ...
... object of their application . The true and proper object of this application , is a constant improvement in private and in public virtue . An application to any study that tends neither directly nor indirectly to make us better men and ...
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... objects , and is made at the expense of other men ; whereas that improvement , which is the effect of our own experience , is confined to fewer objects , and is made at our own expense . To state the account fairly therefore between ...
... objects , and is made at the expense of other men ; whereas that improvement , which is the effect of our own experience , is confined to fewer objects , and is made at our own expense . To state the account fairly therefore between ...
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... objects of experience till they happen . From hence many errors in judgment , and by consequence in conduct , necessarily arise . And here too lies the difference we are speaking of between history and ex- perience . The advantage on ...
... objects of experience till they happen . From hence many errors in judgment , and by consequence in conduct , necessarily arise . And here too lies the difference we are speaking of between history and ex- perience . The advantage on ...
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... 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 some ; the notion of creating a new , that is , a moneyed interest , in opposition to ...
... 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 some ; the notion of creating a new , that is , a moneyed interest , in opposition to ...
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... objects . Many very conversant in history would be cited , who have proved ill men , or bad politicians ; and a long roll would be produced of others who have arrived at a great pitch of pri- vate and public virtue , without any ...
... objects . Many very conversant in history would be cited , who have proved ill men , or bad politicians ; and a long roll would be produced of others who have arrived at a great pitch of pri- vate and public virtue , without any ...
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