Lectures on Modern History: From the Irruption of the Northern Nation to the Close of the American Revolution, Volume 1H. G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... between the Court and Parliaments , are the chief points : these disputes with the new opinions , uniting to produce the French Revolution . The Foreign Politics may be gathered from Voltaire and Coxe's xiv MODERN HISTORY .
... between the Court and Parliaments , are the chief points : these disputes with the new opinions , uniting to produce the French Revolution . The Foreign Politics may be gathered from Voltaire and Coxe's xiv MODERN HISTORY .
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... produced upon my mind by the plan that had thus occurred to me . It is very true , that when they had somewhat subsided , I became sufficiently aware that objections like these must not be urged too far . That a plan might be very ...
... produced upon my mind by the plan that had thus occurred to me . It is very true , that when they had somewhat subsided , I became sufficiently aware that objections like these must not be urged too far . That a plan might be very ...
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... produce , and still less of which his understanding has ascertained the value . Such are the considerations by which I have been reconciled to the modes I have proposed , of struggling with the difficulties I have described . Before I ...
... produce , and still less of which his understanding has ascertained the value . Such are the considerations by which I have been reconciled to the modes I have proposed , of struggling with the difficulties I have described . Before I ...
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... in general of the man of reflection , and always of the intelligent statesman , that he has to combat with the prejudices of those around him , and as arguments can be always produced , on each side of a 20 INTRODUCTORY LECTURE .
... in general of the man of reflection , and always of the intelligent statesman , that he has to combat with the prejudices of those around him , and as arguments can be always produced , on each side of a 20 INTRODUCTORY LECTURE .
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... produced , on each side of a question , while he has only reasoning to oppose to reasoning , he is little likely to succeed ; but an example properly made out from history assumes the appearance of a fact , and embarrasses and si ...
... produced , on each side of a question , while he has only reasoning to oppose to reasoning , he is little likely to succeed ; but an example properly made out from history assumes the appearance of a fact , and embarrasses and si ...
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