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Page 289
... Sir James Mackintosh had great advantages over almost every English his- torian who has written since the time of Bur- net . Lord Lyttleton had indeed the same ad- vantages ; but he was incapable of using them .. Pedantry was so deeply ...
... Sir James Mackintosh had great advantages over almost every English his- torian who has written since the time of Bur- net . Lord Lyttleton had indeed the same ad- vantages ; but he was incapable of using them .. Pedantry was so deeply ...
Page 290
... Sir James Mackintosh the case was reversed . His proper place was his library , a circle of men of letters , or a chair of moral and political philosophy . He distinguished himself highly in Parliament . But neverthe- less Parliament ...
... Sir James Mackintosh the case was reversed . His proper place was his library , a circle of men of letters , or a chair of moral and political philosophy . He distinguished himself highly in Parliament . But neverthe- less Parliament ...
Page 291
... Sir James had perhaps for a moment forgotten , - his editor had certainly ... Mackintosh , had been disposed to find some fault in his conversation , they ... Sir James's mind , we should have thought him most likely to fall . What we ...
... Sir James had perhaps for a moment forgotten , - his editor had certainly ... Mackintosh , had been disposed to find some fault in his conversation , they ... Sir James's mind , we should have thought him most likely to fall . What we ...
Page 292
... Sir James Mackintosh possessed in an eminent degree . Memoir contains much that is worth read ing ; for it contains many extracts from the compositions of Sir James Mackintosh . But when we pass from what the biographer has done with ...
... Sir James Mackintosh possessed in an eminent degree . Memoir contains much that is worth read ing ; for it contains many extracts from the compositions of Sir James Mackintosh . But when we pass from what the biographer has done with ...
Page 293
... Sir James Mackintosh underwent some change . But did this change pass on him alone ? Was it not common ? Was it not almost universal ? Was there one honest friend of liberty in Europe or in America whose ardour had not been damped ...
... Sir James Mackintosh underwent some change . But did this change pass on him alone ? Was it not common ? Was it not almost universal ? Was there one honest friend of liberty in Europe or in America whose ardour had not been damped ...
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