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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... sufficient authenticity to render it useful , notwithstanding all objec- tions to the contrary . - 2 . Method and due restrictions to be observed in the study of it . V.-I. The great use of history , properly so called , as ...
... sufficient authenticity to render it useful , notwithstanding all objec- tions to the contrary . - 2 . Method and due restrictions to be observed in the study of it . V.-I. The great use of history , properly so called , as ...
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... sufficiently what they are intended to explain . It only remains therefore upon this head , to observe the difference between the two manners in which history supplies the de- fects of our own experience . It shows us causes as in fact ...
... sufficiently what they are intended to explain . It only remains therefore upon this head , to observe the difference between the two manners in which history supplies the de- fects of our own experience . It shows us causes as in fact ...
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... sufficient authenticity to render it useful , notwithstanding all objections to the contrary . — II . Of the method and due restrictions to be observed in the study of it . WHETHER the letter I now begin to write will be long or short ...
... sufficient authenticity to render it useful , notwithstanding all objections to the contrary . — II . Of the method and due restrictions to be observed in the study of it . WHETHER the letter I now begin to write will be long or short ...
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... sufficient to give colour to Pyrrhonism . Where their sincerity as to fact is doubtful , we strike out truth by the confrontation of different accounts , as we strike out sparks of fire by the collision of flints and steel . Where their ...
... sufficient to give colour to Pyrrhonism . Where their sincerity as to fact is doubtful , we strike out truth by the confrontation of different accounts , as we strike out sparks of fire by the collision of flints and steel . Where their ...
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... sufficient to answer all the purposes of the study of history . I might have appealed perhaps , without entering into the argument at all , to any man of candour , whether his doubts concerning the truth of history have hindered him ...
... sufficient to answer all the purposes of the study of history . I might have appealed perhaps , without entering into the argument at all , to any man of candour , whether his doubts concerning the truth of history have hindered him ...
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