Lectures on Modern History: From the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the Close of the American Revolution, Том 1J. Owen, 1843 |
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... never to inspire respect and confidence . He adopts a method at once perspicuous and well suited to the end he has in view . He selects certain periods of history , and groups together the great events in each , investigating their ...
... never to inspire respect and confidence . He adopts a method at once perspicuous and well suited to the end he has in view . He selects certain periods of history , and groups together the great events in each , investigating their ...
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... never forgets that the legitimate use of his- tory , as a study , is to teach by examples . Like the inductive philosophy in science , the instruction sought from history proceeds from known facts to general results . History itself is ...
... never forgets that the legitimate use of his- tory , as a study , is to teach by examples . Like the inductive philosophy in science , the instruction sought from history proceeds from known facts to general results . History itself is ...
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... never the blind advocate of a party , nor the de- fender of tortuous measures ; his zeal for favorite opinions , and for men whose policy he approves and whose talents he extols , is always tempered with moderation and judgment . He ...
... never the blind advocate of a party , nor the de- fender of tortuous measures ; his zeal for favorite opinions , and for men whose policy he approves and whose talents he extols , is always tempered with moderation and judgment . He ...
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... never to lose sight of this particular circumstance , — they were to be listened to , not read ; they are now published in the hope that they may be useful to others , at a similar period of life . Minute historical disquisition or ...
... never to lose sight of this particular circumstance , — they were to be listened to , not read ; they are now published in the hope that they may be useful to others , at a similar period of life . Minute historical disquisition or ...
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... never before seen , I should dis- cover only the principal objects ; the villa , the stream , the lawn , or the wood . But , if the landscape before me had been the scene of my childhood or lately of my residence , every object would ...
... never before seen , I should dis- cover only the principal objects ; the villa , the stream , the lawn , or the wood . But , if the landscape before me had been the scene of my childhood or lately of my residence , every object would ...
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