The Worthies of Yorkshire and Lancashire: Being Lives of the Most Distinguished Persons that Have Been Born In, Or Connected With, Those Provinces |
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Page ii
... cause , or consequence , of the general destiny — such an account , though it admitted nothing that did not originate from , or tend towards , a single person , ought not to be called a biography , but a history . Thus Robertson's ...
... cause , or consequence , of the general destiny — such an account , though it admitted nothing that did not originate from , or tend towards , a single person , ought not to be called a biography , but a history . Thus Robertson's ...
Page iii
... cause it bestows the dignity of history on prurient or malignant scandal , but because it breeds a false belief that the welfare and distress of com- munities are doled out at the discretion of a few fine dressed individuals , who ...
... cause it bestows the dignity of history on prurient or malignant scandal , but because it breeds a false belief that the welfare and distress of com- munities are doled out at the discretion of a few fine dressed individuals , who ...
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... cause of the system . There is one species of history which may with great propriety be called biographical , to which we do not remember to have heard the term applied ; —we mean that wherein an order , institution , or people , are ...
... cause of the system . There is one species of history which may with great propriety be called biographical , to which we do not remember to have heard the term applied ; —we mean that wherein an order , institution , or people , are ...
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... aspect , but never forgetting , while he exposes the error , to explain its cause . The work to which these remarks are prefixed is purely biographical . It professes no more than to introduce the reader to INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . vii.
... aspect , but never forgetting , while he exposes the error , to explain its cause . The work to which these remarks are prefixed is purely biographical . It professes no more than to introduce the reader to INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . vii.
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... cause , he doubtless instilled into young Andrew's mind the early love of that liberty , to the support of which he devoted his life and talents . Of Andrew's school days little is recorded : at fifteen , an age which would now be ...
... cause , he doubtless instilled into young Andrew's mind the early love of that liberty , to the support of which he devoted his life and talents . Of Andrew's school days little is recorded : at fifteen , an age which would now be ...
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