Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately |
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... believe that the truth is not to be ascertained . And thus the cause has again to be pleaded , before judges , some of whom are prejudiced , and others will not readily attend to reasoning founded on premises which they think ...
... believe that the truth is not to be ascertained . And thus the cause has again to be pleaded , before judges , some of whom are prejudiced , and others will not readily attend to reasoning founded on premises which they think ...
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... believe . He may be convinced that the sun is brighter than the moon , and that three and two make five , without seeing any need to proclaim to the world his conviction . There is no necessity to write a book to prove that liberty is ...
... believe . He may be convinced that the sun is brighter than the moon , and that three and two make five , without seeing any need to proclaim to the world his conviction . There is no necessity to write a book to prove that liberty is ...
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... believe what you maintain ; you must maintain what you believe , and maintain it because you believe it ; and that , on the most careful and impartial view of the evidence on both sides . For any one may bring himself to believe almost ...
... believe what you maintain ; you must maintain what you believe , and maintain it because you believe it ; and that , on the most careful and impartial view of the evidence on both sides . For any one may bring himself to believe almost ...
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... believe — and perhaps they believe still - that those charges are just ; and if so , their present disavowal is a falsehood . But if , as they now profess , the charges are what they believed to be calumnious falsehoods , uttered ...
... believe — and perhaps they believe still - that those charges are just ; and if so , their present disavowal is a falsehood . But if , as they now profess , the charges are what they believed to be calumnious falsehoods , uttered ...
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... believe it , the sweetest canticle is , ' Nunc dimittis , " when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations . Death hath this also , that it openeth the gate to good fame , and extin- guisheth envy : Extinctus amabitur idem . " 10 ...
... believe it , the sweetest canticle is , ' Nunc dimittis , " when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations . Death hath this also , that it openeth the gate to good fame , and extin- guisheth envy : Extinctus amabitur idem . " 10 ...
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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