Letters on the Study and Use of HistoryA. Millar, 1752 - 481 pages |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 95
Page 28
... must be therefore of great use to prepare ourselves by this conversation for that of the world ; and to receive our first impreffions , and to acquire our first ha- bits , in a scene where images of virtue and vice are continually ...
... must be therefore of great use to prepare ourselves by this conversation for that of the world ; and to receive our first impreffions , and to acquire our first ha- bits , in a scene where images of virtue and vice are continually ...
Page 41
... must content ourselves to guess at what will be , by what has been : we have no other means in our power , and history furnishes us with these . How we are to improve , and apply these means , as well as how we are to acquire them ...
... must content ourselves to guess at what will be , by what has been : we have no other means in our power , and history furnishes us with these . How we are to improve , and apply these means , as well as how we are to acquire them ...
Page 48
... must apply our- felves to it in a philofophical spirit and manner ; that we must rise from particular to general knowledge , and that we must fit ourselves for the fociety and business of mankind by accuftoming our minds to reflect and ...
... must apply our- felves to it in a philofophical spirit and manner ; that we must rise from particular to general knowledge , and that we must fit ourselves for the fociety and business of mankind by accuftoming our minds to reflect and ...
Page 50
... must have the fame prudence , and the fame for- tune ; and fince the example must not only anfwer the cafe before us in general , but in every minute circumftance . This is the fense of that admirable hiftorian , and these are his words ...
... must have the fame prudence , and the fame for- tune ; and fince the example must not only anfwer the cafe before us in general , but in every minute circumftance . This is the fense of that admirable hiftorian , and these are his words ...
Page 52
... must not affect to tranflate fervilely into our conduct , if your lordship will allow me the expreffion , the particular conduct of thofe good and great men , whose images history sets before us . CODRUS and the DECII devoted themselves ...
... must not affect to tranflate fervilely into our conduct , if your lordship will allow me the expreffion , the particular conduct of thofe good and great men , whose images history sets before us . CODRUS and the DECII devoted themselves ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
affiftance againſt alliance allies almoſt becauſe beſt cafe caufe cauſe CHARLES the fecond chriſtianity circumſtances confequences county of Burgundy courſe crown defign defire Dutch emperor eſtabliſhed Europe faid fame fecurity feemed feven fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fome foon French ftate ftill ftrength fubjects fucceffion fuccefs fuch fufficient fuperior fupport fure fyftem greateſt himſelf hiſtory houſe houſe of Auftria houſe of Bourbon inftance intereft juft king of SPAIN laft laſt leaſt lefs LEWIS the fourteenth lord lordſhip Low Countries meaſure minifters moft monarchy moſt muſt nation neceffary obferve occafion oppofition ourſelves paffed paffions party peace perfons PHILIP pleaſure prefent preferved prince purpoſe queen raiſed reafon refpect ſhe Spaniſh Spanish monarchy ſpirit ſtate ſtudy ſtudy of hiſtory thefe themſelves ther theſe thofe thoſe thouſand fix hundred thouſand ſeven hundred tion treaty treaty of Utrecht uſe whilft whole
Popular passages
Page 267 - I said above remained to be done, and if the Emperor put it out of our power to do another of them with advantage ; were we to put it still more out of our power, and to wait unarmed for the death of the king of Spain ? In fine, if we had...
Page 446 - Believe me, the providence of God has established such an order in the world, that of all which belongs to us the least valuable parts can alone fall under the will of others. Whatever is best is safest ; lies out of the reach of human power ; can neither be given nor taken away. Such is this great and beautiful work of nature, the world. Such is the mind of man, which contemplates and admires the world whereof it makes the noblest part. These are inseparably ours, and as long as we remain in one...
Page 297 - ... with which he made war generally, he was looked upon as the sole centre of union that could keep together the great confederacy then forming ; and how much the French feared from his life had appeared a few years before, in the extravagant and indecent joy they expressed on a false report of his death. A short time showed how vain the fears of some, and the hopes of others, were.
Page 27 - I might likewise bring several other instances wherein history serves to purge the mind of those national partialities and prejudices that we are apt to contract in our education, and that experience for the most part rather confirms than removes ; because it is for the most part confined, like our education.
Page 17 - ... never become so perfect a copy of Zeno, if he had not passed his life with him ; that Plato, Aristotle, and the other philosophers of that school, profited more by the example, than by the discourse of Socrates.
Page 225 - Bigotry, and it's inseparable companion, cruelty, as well as the tyranny and avarice of the court of Vienna, created in those days, and has maintained in ours, almost a perpetual diversion of the imperial arms from all effectual opposition to France. I mean to speak of the troubles in Hungary. Whatever they became in their progress, they were caused originally by the usurpations and persecutions of the emperor: and...
Page 150 - ... better age true ambition or the love of fame prevails over avarice ; and till men find leisure and encouragement to prepare themselves for the exercise of this profession, by climbing up to the
Page 38 - ... at that time. I am not so uncharitable, however, as to believe that they intended to bring upon their country all the mischiefs that we, who came after them, experience and apprehend.
Page 27 - I apprehend growing too prolix, and shall therefore conclude this head by observing, that though an early and proper application to the study of history will contribute extremely to keep our minds free from a ridiculous partiality in favour of our own country, and a vicious prejudice against others ; yet the same study will create in us a preference of affection to our own country. There is a story told of Abgarus.
Page 447 - ... absolutely strangers. We shall meet with men and women, creatures of the same figure, endowed with the same faculties, and born under the same laws of nature. We shall see the same Virtues and Vices, flowing from the same...