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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... principle in this in- stance carries us forward and backward , to future and to past ages . We imagine that the things which affect us , must affect posterity : this sentiment runs through mankind , from Cæsar down to the parish clerk ...
... principle in this in- stance carries us forward and backward , to future and to past ages . We imagine that the things which affect us , must affect posterity : this sentiment runs through mankind , from Cæsar down to the parish clerk ...
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... principle of passion . But the examples which we find in history , improved by the lively descriptions and the just applauses or censures of historians , will have a much better and more permanent effect than declamation , or song , or ...
... principle of passion . But the examples which we find in history , improved by the lively descriptions and the just applauses or censures of historians , will have a much better and more permanent effect than declamation , or song , or ...
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... principles of arbitrary government , from which no warning could divert him . His bigot attachment to these was caused by the exile of the royal family ; this exile was caused by the usurpation of Cromwell ; and Cromwell's usurpation ...
... principles of arbitrary government , from which no warning could divert him . His bigot attachment to these was caused by the exile of the royal family ; this exile was caused by the usurpation of Cromwell ; and Cromwell's usurpation ...
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... principles and practice too of our government , to take this power from the prince , or to share it with him ; than to exclude men from the privilege of representing their fellow subjects who would choose them in parlia- ment , purely ...
... principles and practice too of our government , to take this power from the prince , or to share it with him ; than to exclude men from the privilege of representing their fellow subjects who would choose them in parlia- ment , purely ...
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... principles , and rules of life and conduct , which always must be true , because they are conformable to the in- variable nature of things . He who studies history as he would study philosophy will soon distinguish and collect them ...
... principles , and rules of life and conduct , which always must be true , because they are conformable to the in- variable nature of things . He who studies history as he would study philosophy will soon distinguish and collect them ...
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