Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately |
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... course , not scruple to take the oath ( so strenuously maintained by some , as a safeguard to the christian religion ) ' on the true faith of a Christian , ' though he is further removed from what is commonly meant by Christianity ...
... course , not scruple to take the oath ( so strenuously maintained by some , as a safeguard to the christian religion ) ' on the true faith of a Christian , ' though he is further removed from what is commonly meant by Christianity ...
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... , often very closely and inge- niously ; forgetting that no architectural skill in a superstructure will give it greater firmness than the foundation on which it rests ; and thus they of course failed of arriving PREFACE . XV.
... , often very closely and inge- niously ; forgetting that no architectural skill in a superstructure will give it greater firmness than the foundation on which it rests ; and thus they of course failed of arriving PREFACE . XV.
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With Annotations by Richard Whately Francis Bacon. rests ; and thus they of course failed of arriving at true con- clusions ; for , the most accurate reasoning is of no avail , if you have not well - established facts and principles to ...
With Annotations by Richard Whately Francis Bacon. rests ; and thus they of course failed of arriving at true con- clusions ; for , the most accurate reasoning is of no avail , if you have not well - established facts and principles to ...
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... course the rain comes through ; and Master Merton proposes then to lay on more straw . But Sand- ford , the more intelligent boy , remarks , that as long as the roof is flat , the rain must sooner or later soak through ; and that the ...
... course the rain comes through ; and Master Merton proposes then to lay on more straw . But Sand- ford , the more intelligent boy , remarks , that as long as the roof is flat , the rain must sooner or later soak through ; and that the ...
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... course had been adopted , of merely giving references to them , the same cavillers would probably have complained that the reader of this volume was expected to sit down to the study of it with ten or twelve other volumes on the table ...
... course had been adopted , of merely giving references to them , the same cavillers would probably have complained that the reader of this volume was expected to sit down to the study of it with ten or twelve other volumes on the table ...
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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