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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... perhaps of any modern wars ; but he served in his youth under Monsieur de Turenne , and I have heard that he was taken notice of in those early days by that great man . He afterwards com- manded in an expedition to Ireland , served a ...
... perhaps of any modern wars ; but he served in his youth under Monsieur de Turenne , and I have heard that he was taken notice of in those early days by that great man . He afterwards com- manded in an expedition to Ireland , served a ...
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... perhaps exaggeration in the Roman authors . There is another advantage worthy our observation that belongs to the study of history ; and that I shall mention here , not only because of the importance of it , but because it leads me ...
... perhaps exaggeration in the Roman authors . There is another advantage worthy our observation that belongs to the study of history ; and that I shall mention here , not only because of the importance of it , but because it leads me ...
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... perhaps farther , even to the beginning of the reign of James I. , to render this event a complete example , and to develope all the wise , honest , and salutary precepts with which it is pregnant , both to king and subject . The other ...
... perhaps farther , even to the beginning of the reign of James I. , to render this event a complete example , and to develope all the wise , honest , and salutary precepts with which it is pregnant , both to king and subject . The other ...
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... perhaps to prove in certain cases the contrary . A fortune at court , or the favours of a lady , have prevailed on many to conceal , and they could not conceal without restraining , which is one step towards correcting , the vices they ...
... perhaps to prove in certain cases the contrary . A fortune at court , or the favours of a lady , have prevailed on many to conceal , and they could not conceal without restraining , which is one step towards correcting , the vices they ...
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... perhaps , because he included by it the date he likewise fixed , or , upon recollection , that the elder Cato had fixed , of the foundation of Rome within the period from which he supposed that historical truth was to be found . But yet ...
... perhaps , because he included by it the date he likewise fixed , or , upon recollection , that the elder Cato had fixed , of the foundation of Rome within the period from which he supposed that historical truth was to be found . But yet ...
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