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... human meaning and purpose . It is , indeed , frequently asserted , that Biography is a most important part of History ; and if by history we mean all such knowledge as rests upon testimony - as distinguished from science , which is ...
... human meaning and purpose . It is , indeed , frequently asserted , that Biography is a most important part of History ; and if by history we mean all such knowledge as rests upon testimony - as distinguished from science , which is ...
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... human interest , into political history , indisposes both reader and writer for the hard passionless spirit of enquiry , so essentially neces- sary to arrive at those grand principles which convert facts into truths ; principles in the ...
... human interest , into political history , indisposes both reader and writer for the hard passionless spirit of enquiry , so essentially neces- sary to arrive at those grand principles which convert facts into truths ; principles in the ...
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... human sense can ever interpret . Much has been said about the usefulness of history , meaning thereby the history of nations ; and hardly too much can be said , if regard be had to the community and its rulers ; for it makes the Past a ...
... human sense can ever interpret . Much has been said about the usefulness of history , meaning thereby the history of nations ; and hardly too much can be said , if regard be had to the community and its rulers ; for it makes the Past a ...
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... human nature is , it is by no means so hateful , so utterly forsaken of Heaven , as the transactions of kingdoms and republics ( there is little difference between the two ) would incline us to think . The best part , even of the most ...
... human nature is , it is by no means so hateful , so utterly forsaken of Heaven , as the transactions of kingdoms and republics ( there is little difference between the two ) would incline us to think . The best part , even of the most ...
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... human history . How he thought and felt during this period we may easily conjecture , but we are at a loss to find out what he was doing . It is probable that he acted no conspicuous part , either civil or military , as he is not ...
... human history . How he thought and felt during this period we may easily conjecture , but we are at a loss to find out what he was doing . It is probable that he acted no conspicuous part , either civil or military , as he is not ...
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Page 313 - I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly, as God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened — yea, presently sometimes, with pinches, nips and bobs, and other ways, which I will not name for the honour I bear them, so without measure misordered — that...
Page 313 - I bear them) so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr. Elmer ; who teacheth me so gently, so pleasantly, with such fair allurements to learning, that I think all the time nothing while I am with him.
Page 59 - An Account of the Growth of Popery and arbitrary Government in England...
Page 508 - Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven! — Oh! times, In which the meagre, stale, forbidding ways Of custom, law, and statute, took at once The attraction of a country in romance! When Reason seemed the most to assert her rights, When most intent on making of herself A prime Enchantress — to assist the work, Which then was going forward in her name!
Page 270 - The wealthiest man among us is the best : No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry ; and these we adore : xo Plain living and high thinking are no more...
Page 72 - When I wrote my Treatise about our System *, I had an eye upon such principles as might work with considering men for the belief of a Deity, and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose.
Page 262 - Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Page 692 - This is a fine rebuke. Congreve's remains lay in state in the Jerusalem Chamber, and he was buried in Westminster Abbey, where a monument was erected to his memory by Henrietta, Duchess of Marlborough, to whom he bequeathed £10,000. the accumulation of attentive parsimony. The Duchess purchased with £7,000 of the legacy a diamond necklace.
Page 455 - And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve...
Page 289 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.