Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... facts recorded in the history of the human mind , that these two sister arts should both have been brought to per- fection near each other , on the shores of the Mediterranean , in the lifetime of a single generation ; for the ...
... facts recorded in the history of the human mind , that these two sister arts should both have been brought to per- fection near each other , on the shores of the Mediterranean , in the lifetime of a single generation ; for the ...
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... facts , as per- mitted deductions , founded on experience , to be formed in regard to the affairs of nations . Still more , it showed that the attention of writers had been drawn to the general causes of human affairs ; that they ...
... facts , as per- mitted deductions , founded on experience , to be formed in regard to the affairs of nations . Still more , it showed that the attention of writers had been drawn to the general causes of human affairs ; that they ...
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... facts from the ponderous folios where they were slumbering in forgotten obscurity , and brought them into the broad light of philo- sophic observation and popular narrative . But ... fact is just the reverse , and might easily 78 QUIZOT .
... facts from the ponderous folios where they were slumbering in forgotten obscurity , and brought them into the broad light of philo- sophic observation and popular narrative . But ... fact is just the reverse , and might easily 78 QUIZOT .
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Archibald Alison. The fact is just the reverse , and might easily have been ascertained , even in his time , by a more extended induction . Witness the battle of Salamis , which repelled from Europe the tide of Persian invasion ; that of ...
Archibald Alison. The fact is just the reverse , and might easily have been ascertained , even in his time , by a more extended induction . Witness the battle of Salamis , which repelled from Europe the tide of Persian invasion ; that of ...
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... facts which his erudition and industry had worked out , Robertson succeeded in producing the most luminous , and at the same time just , view of the progress of nations that had yet been presented among mankind . The philosophy of ...
... facts which his erudition and industry had worked out , Robertson succeeded in producing the most luminous , and at the same time just , view of the progress of nations that had yet been presented among mankind . The philosophy of ...
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Sivu 350 - Nearer to the beach, the tide rippled onward in waves of sparkling silver, that imperceptibly, yet rapidly, gained upon the sand. With a mind employed in admiration of the romantic scene, or perhaps on some more agitating topic, Miss Wardour advanced in silence by her father's side, whose recently offended dignity did not stoop to open any conversation. Following the windings of the beach, they passed one projecting point or headland of rock after another, and now found themselves under a huge and...