Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1914 |
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... observed the whole machinery of the Church , its saints and its miracles , its lofty pretensions and its splendid ceremonial , its worthless blessings and its harmless curses , too long and too closely to be duped . They stood behind ...
... observed the whole machinery of the Church , its saints and its miracles , its lofty pretensions and its splendid ceremonial , its worthless blessings and its harmless curses , too long and too closely to be duped . They stood behind ...
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... observation , fertile invention , and profound knowledge of human nature . Such a prince as our Henry the Fifth would have been the idol of the North . The follies of his youth , the selfish ambition of his manhood , the Lollards ...
... observation , fertile invention , and profound knowledge of human nature . Such a prince as our Henry the Fifth would have been the idol of the North . The follies of his youth , the selfish ambition of his manhood , the Lollards ...
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... observe everything , to endure everything . High as the art of political intrigue had been carried in Italy , these were times which required it all . On these arduous errands Machiavelli was frequently employed . He was sent to treat ...
... observe everything , to endure everything . High as the art of political intrigue had been carried in Italy , these were times which required it all . On these arduous errands Machiavelli was frequently employed . He was sent to treat ...
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... observed the operation . Montesquieu errs , because he has a fine thing to say , and is resolved to say it . If the phænomena which lie before him will not suit his purpose , all history must be ransacked . If nothing estab- lished by ...
... observed the operation . Montesquieu errs , because he has a fine thing to say , and is resolved to say it . If the phænomena which lie before him will not suit his purpose , all history must be ransacked . If nothing estab- lished by ...
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... observation of life , will suffice to prove that no learning , no sagacity , affords a security against the greatest errors on subjects relating to the invisible world . Bayle and Chillingworth , two of the most sceptical of mankind ...
... observation of life , will suffice to prove that no learning , no sagacity , affords a security against the greatest errors on subjects relating to the invisible world . Bayle and Chillingworth , two of the most sceptical of mankind ...
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