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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... supposed to have any merit de- serving of your attention ; it has therefore been always a source of pride to me , to have owed my Professorship to your Lordship's favourable opinion ; and these Lectures , the result of my appointment ...
... supposed to have any merit de- serving of your attention ; it has therefore been always a source of pride to me , to have owed my Professorship to your Lordship's favourable opinion ; and these Lectures , the result of my appointment ...
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... supposed . But for the times of Richelieu and Mazarin see the chapters that relate to them in Russel , with those in the Modern Universal History , which will be sufficient when added to those in Voltaire , 175 , 176 of his Esprit des ...
... supposed . But for the times of Richelieu and Mazarin see the chapters that relate to them in Russel , with those in the Modern Universal History , which will be sufficient when added to those in Voltaire , 175 , 176 of his Esprit des ...
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... supposed , that he who reads and retains the most , will always have a superiority over those whose talents or diligence are in truth inferior . But this only ren- ders it a point of prudence the more pressing upon every man to inform ...
... supposed , that he who reads and retains the most , will always have a superiority over those whose talents or diligence are in truth inferior . But this only ren- ders it a point of prudence the more pressing upon every man to inform ...
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... supposed . General impressions will enable us to treasure up in our minds all the great leading lessons , all the philosophy of history . General impressions are quite sufficient to suggest the simi- larity of cases . They will ...
... supposed . General impressions will enable us to treasure up in our minds all the great leading lessons , all the philosophy of history . General impressions are quite sufficient to suggest the simi- larity of cases . They will ...
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... supposed to be ; not eloquence , not imagination , not science , but pa- tience , discrimination , and caution - diligence in amassing his materials , strict impartiality in displaying them , sound judgment in deciding upon them ...
... supposed to be ; not eloquence , not imagination , not science , but pa- tience , discrimination , and caution - diligence in amassing his materials , strict impartiality in displaying them , sound judgment in deciding upon them ...
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