Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately |
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... Ancient Pistol ) ' prithee deliver them like a man of this world . ' " Again : Thus to the ancient , well - known logic , which we might call the logic of identity , and which has for its axiom , ' A thing can never be the contrary of ...
... Ancient Pistol ) ' prithee deliver them like a man of this world . ' " Again : Thus to the ancient , well - known logic , which we might call the logic of identity , and which has for its axiom , ' A thing can never be the contrary of ...
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... ancient shield which had been found by the antiquary Martinus Scriblerus , and which he highly prized , incrusted as it was with venerable rust . He mused on the splendid appearance it must have had in its bright newness ; till , one ...
... ancient shield which had been found by the antiquary Martinus Scriblerus , and which he highly prized , incrusted as it was with venerable rust . He mused on the splendid appearance it must have had in its bright newness ; till , one ...
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... ancient Romans prepared birdlime for catching birds from the misselto thus propagated . Now this account of the plant , which has long since been universally admitted , Bacon rejects as a vulgar error , and insists on it that misselto ...
... ancient Romans prepared birdlime for catching birds from the misselto thus propagated . Now this account of the plant , which has long since been universally admitted , Bacon rejects as a vulgar error , and insists on it that misselto ...
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... ancients . But it is not only the difficulty and labour which men take in finding out of truth ; nor again , that , when it is found , it imposeth3 upon men's thoughts , that doth bring lies in favour ; but a natural , though corrupt ...
... ancients . But it is not only the difficulty and labour which men take in finding out of truth ; nor again , that , when it is found , it imposeth3 upon men's thoughts , that doth bring lies in favour ; but a natural , though corrupt ...
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... ancient and modern , -the human sacri- fices offered by some Pagans - the widow - burning and other atrocities of the Hindus ; and ( to come to the case of pro- fessed Christians ) the ' holy wars ' against the Huguenots and the Vaudois ...
... ancient and modern , -the human sacri- fices offered by some Pagans - the widow - burning and other atrocities of the Hindus ; and ( to come to the case of pro- fessed Christians ) the ' holy wars ' against the Huguenots and the Vaudois ...
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Common terms and phrases
advantage Æneid ancient ANNOTATIONS ANTITHETA Aristotle atheists Augustus Cæsar Bacon believe better Bishop Butler Cæsar called cause character christian Church common commonly contrary counsel course cunning danger desire divine doctrine doth doubt Edinburgh Review effect envy Epicurus error ESSAY evil favour fear feel Galba give hath helotism Henry VII honour human important infallible instance judgment Julius Cæsar keep kind king labour less maketh man's matter means men's ment merely mind moral nature never object observed opinion opposite party perceive perhaps persons political Pompey practice princes principle profess racter reason regard religion religious remarkable Roman Roman Catholic saith Scripture seditions sense side sometimes speak superstition supposed sure Tacitus things thou thought tion true truth unto usury Vespasian virtue wealth wisdom wise word