Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately |
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Page iv
... give outlines that the reader shall fill up for himself — is the very object of an Essay , properly so called - such as those of Bacon . A commentary to explain or correct , few writings need less : but they admit of , and call for ...
... give outlines that the reader shall fill up for himself — is the very object of an Essay , properly so called - such as those of Bacon . A commentary to explain or correct , few writings need less : but they admit of , and call for ...
Page viii
... give the whole class the appellation of the magic - lanthorn school , ' for their writings have the startling effect of that toy ; children delight in it , and grown people soon get tired of it . ' The passages here subjoined , from ...
... give the whole class the appellation of the magic - lanthorn school , ' for their writings have the startling effect of that toy ; children delight in it , and grown people soon get tired of it . ' The passages here subjoined , from ...
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... to reason , 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.
... to reason , 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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... gives a reference to it , the caviller will represent him as seeking to puff his own productions : if he omit to give the reference , the same caviller will charge him with seeking to pass off as new what had been published before . And ...
... gives a reference to it , the caviller will represent him as seeking to puff his own productions : if he omit to give the reference , the same caviller will charge him with seeking to pass off as new what had been published before . And ...
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... give themselves up to follow wherever that should lead , in opposition to any prejudices or inclinations of their own ; and then knowledge of the Truth was to be their reward . There is not necessarily any moral virtue in receiving ...
... give themselves up to follow wherever that should lead , in opposition to any prejudices or inclinations of their own ; and then knowledge of the Truth was to be their reward . There is not necessarily any moral virtue in receiving ...
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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