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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... result of my appointment , are now dedicated to your Lordship , with every sentiment of affection , gratitude , and respect . St. Peter's College , Cambridge , Nov. 1839 . WILLIAM SMYTH . ADVERTISEMENT . THE following Lectures were ...
... result of my appointment , are now dedicated to your Lordship , with every sentiment of affection , gratitude , and respect . St. Peter's College , Cambridge , Nov. 1839 . WILLIAM SMYTH . ADVERTISEMENT . THE following Lectures were ...
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... resulting from the combined effect of the failures and successes of all the parts - to attempt this , is to attempt more than was effected even by the enterprising mind of Bacon ; for it is to appreciate the facts as well as to exhibit ...
... resulting from the combined effect of the failures and successes of all the parts - to attempt this , is to attempt more than was effected even by the enterprising mind of Bacon ; for it is to appreciate the facts as well as to exhibit ...
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... result of my experience , is this ; -not to read general histories and abridgments of history , as a more sum- mary method of acquiring historical knowledge . There is no summary method of acquiring knowledge . Abridgments of history ...
... result of my experience , is this ; -not to read general histories and abridgments of history , as a more sum- mary method of acquiring historical knowledge . There is no summary method of acquiring knowledge . Abridgments of history ...
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... result from a memory capacious and retentive ; yet it may still be very adequate , by careful management , to many of the most useful purposes of reflection and study ; it may still enable a man to benefit himself and to administer to ...
... result from a memory capacious and retentive ; yet it may still be very adequate , by careful management , to many of the most useful purposes of reflection and study ; it may still enable a man to benefit himself and to administer to ...
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... result of this strange and tremendous collision ? These are the great questions that occur at this remarkable juncture , at this critical interval between the ancient and modern history of the European nations . We are not without our ...
... result of this strange and tremendous collision ? These are the great questions that occur at this remarkable juncture , at this critical interval between the ancient and modern history of the European nations . We are not without our ...
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