A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, Том 3D. Appleton, 1892 |
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... admirable force the proper moral and in- tellectual conditions for its exercise . The same move- ment was powerfully sustained by the greatest writers of the succeeding generation . The tendency of the meta- physics of Locke , whatever ...
... admirable force the proper moral and in- tellectual conditions for its exercise . The same move- ment was powerfully sustained by the greatest writers of the succeeding generation . The tendency of the meta- physics of Locke , whatever ...
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... admirable example of the application of acute criticism to historical documents ; but as a general rule it may be truly said that critical history was still in its infancy , while comparative mythology was as yet unborn . The laws that ...
... admirable example of the application of acute criticism to historical documents ; but as a general rule it may be truly said that critical history was still in its infancy , while comparative mythology was as yet unborn . The laws that ...
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... admirable expositions of the function of beauty in the moral world , as well as his strong assertion of the existence and supreme autho- rity of a moral sense in man , struck at the root of the hard asceticism and the systematic ...
... admirable expositions of the function of beauty in the moral world , as well as his strong assertion of the existence and supreme autho- rity of a moral sense in man , struck at the root of the hard asceticism and the systematic ...
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... admirable analysis of the works of Law in Mr. Leslie Stephen's very valuable Hist . of English Thought in the Eigh- teenth Century . The Methodist movement was a purely religious one . All 36 ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . CH ...
... admirable analysis of the works of Law in Mr. Leslie Stephen's very valuable Hist . of English Thought in the Eigh- teenth Century . The Methodist movement was a purely religious one . All 36 ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . CH ...
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... admiration from such critics as Hume and Franklin , from such orators as Bolingbroke and Chesterfield . His preaching combined almost the highest perfection of acting with the most burning fervour of conviction . No man ever exhibited ...
... admiration from such critics as Hume and Franklin , from such orators as Bolingbroke and Chesterfield . His preaching combined almost the highest perfection of acting with the most burning fervour of conviction . No man ever exhibited ...
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admirable afterwards Annual Register appeared Bedford Bishop Burke Bute century character Chatham Correspondence chief Church classes Constitution corruption Countess of Huntingdon Court Crown doctrine Duke England Evangelical favour Francis French friends George Grenville Government Grafton Grenville Papers Hist honour Horace Walpole House of Commons House of Lords Howell Harris Ibid influence Journal judgment Junius King letter letters of Junius libel London Lord Chatham Lord Mansfield Lord North Mansfield measures Memoirs of George ment Methodist Middlesex election ministers ministry nation natural never Newcastle North Briton once opinion opposition Parlia Parliament parliamentary party peace Pitt politicians popular preacher preaching principles question refused reign religious Revolution Rockingham Rowland Hill Scotch sermons Shelburne society soon Sovereign speech spirit Stamp Act statesman tion Tory violent votes Walpole Walpole's George Walpole's Memoirs Wesley Whig Whitefield whole Wilkes writer wrote
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