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... ment of political knowledge , but to that of knowledge in gen- eral ; because the most exalted understanding is merely a power of drawing conclusions and forming maxims of conduct from known facts and experiments , of which necessary ...
... ment of political knowledge , but to that of knowledge in gen- eral ; because the most exalted understanding is merely a power of drawing conclusions and forming maxims of conduct from known facts and experiments , of which necessary ...
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... ment - Edwards - Conquest of Scotland - Richard II - House of Lancaster - House of York - House of Tudor -Henry VIII - The Reformation - Edward VI - Queen Mary ; Elizabeth - Mary , Queen of Scots - The Stuarts -Gunpowder Plot ...
... ment - Edwards - Conquest of Scotland - Richard II - House of Lancaster - House of York - House of Tudor -Henry VIII - The Reformation - Edward VI - Queen Mary ; Elizabeth - Mary , Queen of Scots - The Stuarts -Gunpowder Plot ...
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... ment of New Amsterdam -- Indian War - Annexation of New Amsterdam to the English Colonies , and change of name to N. York - Lord Baltimore - Civil War - Carolina - Wm.Penn - Indian Treaty - Frame of Government- Oglethorpe - Wesley ...
... ment of New Amsterdam -- Indian War - Annexation of New Amsterdam to the English Colonies , and change of name to N. York - Lord Baltimore - Civil War - Carolina - Wm.Penn - Indian Treaty - Frame of Government- Oglethorpe - Wesley ...
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... ment , sometimes shattered within itself by the operation of individual Chi- nese ambition , but always retaining its essential character . True , in such a vast empire , difference of climate , etc. , must give rise to specific ...
... ment , sometimes shattered within itself by the operation of individual Chi- nese ambition , but always retaining its essential character . True , in such a vast empire , difference of climate , etc. , must give rise to specific ...
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... ment by him of his grand - father Astyages ( B. c . 560 ) , had been woven into a romance resembling the story of Romulus , even so early as the age of Herodotus ( B. c . 408 ) , so that that accurate historian could not ascer- tain the ...
... ment by him of his grand - father Astyages ( B. c . 560 ) , had been woven into a romance resembling the story of Romulus , even so early as the age of Herodotus ( B. c . 408 ) , so that that accurate historian could not ascer- tain the ...
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