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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... Subject continued from the year 1688 LETTER I. — A plan for a general history of Europe II . On the true use of retirement and study REFLECTIONS UPON EXILE . ON THE SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM ON THE IDEA OF A PATRIOT KING PAGE 49-51 · 51-54 ...
... Subject continued from the year 1688 LETTER I. — A plan for a general history of Europe II . On the true use of retirement and study REFLECTIONS UPON EXILE . ON THE SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM ON THE IDEA OF A PATRIOT KING PAGE 49-51 · 51-54 ...
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... subject on which you command me to communicate my thoughts to you ; and I practised in those days , as much as business and plea- sure allowed me time to do , the rules that seemed to me necessary to be observed in the study of history ...
... subject on which you command me to communicate my thoughts to you ; and I practised in those days , as much as business and plea- sure allowed me time to do , the rules that seemed to me necessary to be observed in the study of history ...
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... subject . The other example shall be taken from what has succeeded the re- volution . Few men at that time looked forward enough to foresee the necessary consequences of the new constitution of the revenue that was soon afterwards ...
... subject . The other example shall be taken from what has succeeded the re- volution . Few men at that time looked forward enough to foresee the necessary consequences of the new constitution of the revenue that was soon afterwards ...
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... subjects who would choose them in parlia- ment , purely because they are employed and trusted by the prince . Your lordship sees not only how much a due reflection upon the experience of other ages and countries would have pointed out ...
... subjects who would choose them in parlia- ment , purely because they are employed and trusted by the prince . Your lordship sees not only how much a due reflection upon the experience of other ages and countries would have pointed out ...
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... subject . I know not whether Machiavel himself is quite free from defect on this account : he seems to carry the use and application of particular examples sometimes too far . Marius and Catulus passed the Alps , met , and defeated the ...
... subject . I know not whether Machiavel himself is quite free from defect on this account : he seems to carry the use and application of particular examples sometimes too far . Marius and Catulus passed the Alps , met , and defeated the ...
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