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Page 208
... truth which is to be learned from them . What general truth do we learn from the accounts which have come down to us of the battle of Delium ? Very little more than this , that when two armies fight , it is not improbable that one of ...
... truth which is to be learned from them . What general truth do we learn from the accounts which have come down to us of the battle of Delium ? Very little more than this , that when two armies fight , it is not improbable that one of ...
Page 287
... truth , we are reformers : we are on the side of progress . From the great advances which European society has made , during the last four centuries , in every species of knowledge , we infer , not that there is no more room for ...
... truth , we are reformers : we are on the side of progress . From the great advances which European society has made , during the last four centuries , in every species of knowledge , we infer , not that there is no more room for ...
Page 338
... truth , but we did not impart it . France has been the interpreter between England and mankind . In the time of Walpole , this process of interpretation was in full activity . The great French writers were busy in proclaim- ing through ...
... truth , but we did not impart it . France has been the interpreter between England and mankind . In the time of Walpole , this process of interpretation was in full activity . The great French writers were busy in proclaim- ing through ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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