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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... wise : but this I say , that the former is absolutely necessary to prepare us for the latter , 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 ...
... wise : but this I say , that the former is absolutely necessary to prepare us for the latter , 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 ...
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... wise , honest , and salutary precepts with which it is pregnant , both to king and 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 ...
... wise , honest , and salutary precepts with which it is pregnant , both to king and 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 ...
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... wise and safe measure . It succeeded , and Lorenzo brought back with him public peace and private security . As soon as the French troops entered the dominions of Florence , Peter was struck 6 with a panic terror , went to Charles VIII.
... wise and safe measure . It succeeded , and Lorenzo brought back with him public peace and private security . As soon as the French troops entered the dominions of Florence , Peter was struck 6 with a panic terror , went to Charles VIII.
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... wise for Mark . Nay , your lordship will find I believe , that the present Bishop of London in his third pastoral letter speaks to the same effect . I will not trouble you nor myself with any more instances of the same kind . Let this ...
... wise for Mark . Nay , your lordship will find I believe , that the present Bishop of London in his third pastoral letter speaks to the same effect . I will not trouble you nor myself with any more instances of the same kind . Let this ...
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... wise laws and a wise government changed insensibly the manners , and gave a new turn to the spirit of our people . We were no longer the freebooters we had been . Our nation maintained her reputation in arms whenever the public interest ...
... wise laws and a wise government changed insensibly the manners , and gave a new turn to the spirit of our people . We were no longer the freebooters we had been . Our nation maintained her reputation in arms whenever the public interest ...
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