Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately |
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... called a treatise , tractate , dissertation , or discourse . But the more unpretending title of Essay ' has in great measure superseded those others which were formerly in use , and more strictly appropriate . I have adverted to this ...
... called a treatise , tractate , dissertation , or discourse . But the more unpretending title of Essay ' has in great measure superseded those others which were formerly in use , and more strictly appropriate . I have adverted to this ...
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... called the point of indifference , the mesoteric point , the mid - point . This mid - point is to be seen standing betwixt its right and left fellow - elements in every dictionary : for example , men , man , women ; or adjectively ...
... called the point of indifference , the mesoteric point , the mid - point . This mid - point is to be seen standing betwixt its right and left fellow - elements in every dictionary : for example , men , man , women ; or adjectively ...
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... called on to explain their meaning , as Mr. Bayes is , in The Rehearsal , they might perhaps confess as frankly as he does , that the object was merely to elevate and surprise . ' Some knowledge of a portion of human nature was ...
... called on to explain their meaning , as Mr. Bayes is , in The Rehearsal , they might perhaps confess as frankly as he does , that the object was merely to elevate and surprise . ' Some knowledge of a portion of human nature was ...
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... called it , ' interrogation ' and ' interpretation of nature ; ' the collecting and properly arranging of well - ascer- tained facts . And the maxims which he laid down and enforced for the conduct of philosophical inquiry , are ...
... called it , ' interrogation ' and ' interpretation of nature ; ' the collecting and properly arranging of well - ascer- tained facts . And the maxims which he laid down and enforced for the conduct of philosophical inquiry , are ...
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... called poesy vinum dæmonum , " because it filleth the imagination , and yet is but with the shadow of a lie . But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind , but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it that doth the hurt , such ...
... called poesy vinum dæmonum , " because it filleth the imagination , and yet is but with the shadow of a lie . But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind , but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it that doth the hurt , such ...
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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