Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately |
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... political or their private resentments , by attacking the altered policy . All popular errors are plausible ; indeed , if they were not so , they would not be popular . The plausibility to which the revived doctrine owed its original ...
... political or their private resentments , by attacking the altered policy . All popular errors are plausible ; indeed , if they were not so , they would not be popular . The plausibility to which the revived doctrine owed its original ...
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... and to bring home and use wheat and weeds , straw , chaff , and grain , just as they grew , and with- out any preparation at all . ' 1 Lectures on Political Economy , lect . ix . If Bacon had lived in the present day , I PREFACE . xvii.
... and to bring home and use wheat and weeds , straw , chaff , and grain , just as they grew , and with- out any preparation at all . ' 1 Lectures on Political Economy , lect . ix . If Bacon had lived in the present day , I PREFACE . xvii.
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... Politics . Politicians . That which time severs and politics do for earthly advantages , we will do for spiritual .'- Bishop Hall . 7 Mortification . The subduing of sinful propensities . ( Our modern use never occurs in Scripture ...
... Politics . Politicians . That which time severs and politics do for earthly advantages , we will do for spiritual .'- Bishop Hall . 7 Mortification . The subduing of sinful propensities . ( Our modern use never occurs in Scripture ...
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... political question , just as in the case of the penalties for other crimes . ' ' But if , on the contrary , we are to understand and comply with , in the simple and obvious sense , our Lord's injunction to ' render to Cæsar the things ...
... political question , just as in the case of the penalties for other crimes . ' ' But if , on the contrary , we are to understand and comply with , in the simple and obvious sense , our Lord's injunction to ' render to Cæsar the things ...
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... politicians that are the greatest dissemblers . 2 3 Tacitus saith , Livia sorted well with the arts of her hus- band , and dissimulation of her son , ' attributing arts of policy to Augustus , and dissimulation to Tiberius ; and again ...
... politicians that are the greatest dissemblers . 2 3 Tacitus saith , Livia sorted well with the arts of her hus- band , and dissimulation of her son , ' attributing arts of policy to Augustus , and dissimulation to Tiberius ; and again ...
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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