LECTURES ON MODERN HISTORY1841 |
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... attempted to execute it , in any manner , however imperfect and inadequate to my wishes . Having mentioned this reason , it is unnecessary to mention others , which might also have induced me to form 2 INTRODUCTORY LECTURE .
... attempted to execute it , in any manner , however imperfect and inadequate to my wishes . Having mentioned this reason , it is unnecessary to mention others , which might also have induced me to form 2 INTRODUCTORY LECTURE .
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... reasons for my preference , and must therefore read and examine many . In the next place , I must , from the endless detail of European transactions , direct the attention of my hearers to such particular trains in these transactions ...
... reasons for my preference , and must therefore read and examine many . In the next place , I must , from the endless detail of European transactions , direct the attention of my hearers to such particular trains in these transactions ...
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... reason why lectures on the subject of history must always be found , at the time of delivery , more or less ... reasons of my preference , though I give them , cannot be estimated by my hearers , till the references I propose have been ...
... reason why lectures on the subject of history must always be found , at the time of delivery , more or less ... reasons of my preference , though I give them , cannot be estimated by my hearers , till the references I propose have been ...
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... reason for concluding that no judgment can be formed . It is impossible to say in general that explanations always can be given , or never can be given ; each particular point becomes a particular question to be decided on by its own ...
... reason for concluding that no judgment can be formed . It is impossible to say in general that explanations always can be given , or never can be given ; each particular point becomes a particular question to be decided on by its own ...
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... reason ? They found , it seems , their territory inadequate to their numbers , and unworthy of their renown . From one passage we may collect what their territory was ; from another their numbers : and as the population could scarcely ...
... reason ? They found , it seems , their territory inadequate to their numbers , and unworthy of their renown . From one passage we may collect what their territory was ; from another their numbers : and as the population could scarcely ...
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Lectures on Modern History– From the Irruption of the Northern ..., 1 tomas William Smyth Visos knygos peržiūra - 1854 |
Lectures on Modern History– From the Irruption of the Northern ..., 1 tomas William Smyth Visos knygos peržiūra - 1854 |
Lectures on Modern History– From the Irruption of the Northern Nations to ... William Smyth Visos knygos peržiūra - 1848 |
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