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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... whilst they continue to compile , and neither affect wit , nor presume to reason . There is a fourth class , of much less use than these , but of much greater name . Men of the first rank in learning , and to whom the whole tribe of ...
... whilst they continue to compile , and neither affect wit , nor presume to reason . There is a fourth class , of much less use than these , but of much greater name . Men of the first rank in learning , and to whom the whole tribe of ...
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... , and to accompany us whilst we are under the dis- cipline of the latter , that is , through the whole course of our lives . No doubt some few men may be quoted , to whom nature gave what art and industry can give to no man . But such.
... , and to accompany us whilst we are under the dis- cipline of the latter , that is , through the whole course of our lives . No doubt some few men may be quoted , to whom nature gave what art and industry can give to no man . But such.
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... whilst the second works the same good effect , ' and is attended by no evil circumstance , every one ought to take for granted , that the study of history is the best school where he can learn ' how to conduct himself in all the ...
... whilst the second works the same good effect , ' and is attended by no evil circumstance , every one ought to take for granted , that the study of history is the best school where he can learn ' how to conduct himself in all the ...
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... whilst those parties subsisted , would have condemned in Saturninus the spirit of faction which he ap- plauded in his own tribunes , and would have applauded in Drusus the spirit of moderation which he despised in those of the contrary ...
... whilst those parties subsisted , would have condemned in Saturninus the spirit of faction which he ap- plauded in his own tribunes , and would have applauded in Drusus the spirit of moderation which he despised in those of the contrary ...
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... whilst the keeping the records and collecting the traditions was in so many nations the peculiar office of this order of men ? A custom highly extolled by Josephus , but plainly liable to the grossest frauds , and even a temptation to ...
... whilst the keeping the records and collecting the traditions was in so many nations the peculiar office of this order of men ? A custom highly extolled by Josephus , but plainly liable to the grossest frauds , and even a temptation to ...
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