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Page ii
... thing which should , perhaps , subsist upon patronage , celebrate the praises of kings , and abandon the study of ... things , strive to infuse into public affairs as much as possible of their own spirit ; since in this way only can ...
... thing which should , perhaps , subsist upon patronage , celebrate the praises of kings , and abandon the study of ... things , strive to infuse into public affairs as much as possible of their own spirit ; since in this way only can ...
Page x
... things follow as the shadow does the substance : to teach thus were mere pulpitry to them . This is the masterpiece of a modern politician , how to qualify and mould the sufferance of the people to the length of that foot that is to ...
... things follow as the shadow does the substance : to teach thus were mere pulpitry to them . This is the masterpiece of a modern politician , how to qualify and mould the sufferance of the people to the length of that foot that is to ...
Page xxiv
... things or the world . For whoever is desirous of learning what is truth - and the number actuated by this holy desire is not small - is fit to be the auditor of him who teaches truth . And , to speak honestly , I have not yet learned to ...
... things or the world . For whoever is desirous of learning what is truth - and the number actuated by this holy desire is not small - is fit to be the auditor of him who teaches truth . And , to speak honestly , I have not yet learned to ...
Page xxxiv
... things besides threats which he disliked in a college life : Johnson , by altering his words , says what was more than threats , was probably punishment ; ergo , Milton must be thought , what I think it impiety to write . It is a common ...
... things besides threats which he disliked in a college life : Johnson , by altering his words , says what was more than threats , was probably punishment ; ergo , Milton must be thought , what I think it impiety to write . It is a common ...
Page xxxvi
... things ; else he could never , in the same page with the above , have said , " there is yet no reason to believe that he was ever reduced to indigenoe . His wants , being few , were competently supplied . " He was not necessitated ...
... things ; else he could never , in the same page with the above , have said , " there is yet no reason to believe that he was ever reduced to indigenoe . His wants , being few , were competently supplied . " He was not necessitated ...
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