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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... passion in his last illness . Sir Henry Mildma overhearing him saying to himself , ' What will my poor soul underg ' for all these things ! ' ( These sceptical opinions have no place in thi Reprint . - A . M. ) ' When the passions of ...
... passion in his last illness . Sir Henry Mildma overhearing him saying to himself , ' What will my poor soul underg ' for all these things ! ' ( These sceptical opinions have no place in thi Reprint . - A . M. ) ' When the passions of ...
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... Jewish chronologer , than sacrifice half my life to collect all the learned lum- ber that fills the head of an antiquary . 4 HISTORY SPEAKS TO OUR PASSIONS . LETTER II . 2 * BOLINGBROKE ON THE STUDY OF HISTORY . 3 CONTENTS PAGE.
... Jewish chronologer , than sacrifice half my life to collect all the learned lum- ber that fills the head of an antiquary . 4 HISTORY SPEAKS TO OUR PASSIONS . LETTER II . 2 * BOLINGBROKE ON THE STUDY OF HISTORY . 3 CONTENTS PAGE.
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... PASSIONS . LETTER II . ON THE STUDY OF HISTORY . Concerning the true use and advantages of it . LET me say something ... passion grows among civilized nations , in proportion to the means of gratifying it ; but let us observe that the ...
... PASSIONS . LETTER II . ON THE STUDY OF HISTORY . Concerning the true use and advantages of it . LET me say something ... passion grows among civilized nations , in proportion to the means of gratifying it ; but let us observe that the ...
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... passions likewise . Example assuages these , or animates them ; sets passion on the side of judgment , and makes the whole man of a piece , which is more than the strongest reasoning and the clearest demon- stration can do : and thus ...
... passions likewise . Example assuages these , or animates them ; sets passion on the side of judgment , and makes the whole man of a piece , which is more than the strongest reasoning and the clearest demon- stration can do : and thus ...
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... passion of Marius , and his prejudices to the patricians in one case ; so I discover , methinks , the cunning of Tully , and his partiality to himself in the other . Lucullus , after he had been chosen consul , obtained by intrigue the ...
... passion of Marius , and his prejudices to the patricians in one case ; so I discover , methinks , the cunning of Tully , and his partiality to himself in the other . Lucullus , after he had been chosen consul , obtained by intrigue the ...
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