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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... whole tribe of scholars bow with reverence . A man must be as indiffer- ent as I am to common censure or approbation , to avow a thorough contempt for the whole business of these learned lives ; for all the re- searches into antiquity ...
... whole tribe of scholars bow with reverence . A man must be as indiffer- ent as I am to common censure or approbation , to avow a thorough contempt for the whole business of these learned lives ; for all the re- searches into antiquity ...
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... whole man of a piece , which is more than the strongest reasoning and the clearest demon- stration can do : and thus ... whole other- wise : but this I say , that the former is absolutely necessary to prepare us for the latter , and to ...
... whole man of a piece , which is more than the strongest reasoning and the clearest demon- stration can do : and thus ... whole other- wise : but this I say , that the former is absolutely necessary to prepare us for the latter , and to ...
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... whole nations to his ambition , his avarice , and even the wanton- ness of his cruelty . I might show , by a multitude of other examples , how history prepares us for experience , and guides us in it ; and many of these would be both ...
... whole nations to his ambition , his avarice , and even the wanton- ness of his cruelty . I might show , by a multitude of other examples , how history prepares us for experience , and guides us in it ; and many of these would be both ...
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... whole example is before us , and conse- quently the whole lesson , or sometimes the various lessons which philosophy proposes to teach us by this example . For first , as to men ; we see them at their whole length in history , and we ...
... whole example is before us , and conse- quently the whole lesson , or sometimes the various lessons which philosophy proposes to teach us by this example . For first , as to men ; we see them at their whole length in history , and we ...
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... whole system of falsehood , and even they who corrupt history frequently betray themselves by their ignorance or inadvertency . Examples whereof I could easily produce . Upon the whole matter in all these cases , we cannot be deceived ...
... whole system of falsehood , and even they who corrupt history frequently betray themselves by their ignorance or inadvertency . Examples whereof I could easily produce . Upon the whole matter in all these cases , we cannot be deceived ...
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