Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately |
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... practice , frequently overlooked , they will deride as ' vapid truisms ' if very plainly set forth , and will wonder that any one should think it worth while to notice them . ' Accordingly , if there should be two treatises on some ...
... practice , frequently overlooked , they will deride as ' vapid truisms ' if very plainly set forth , and will wonder that any one should think it worth while to notice them . ' Accordingly , if there should be two treatises on some ...
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... impositions on the mind and practice .'- Watts . Daintily . Elegantly . ' The Duke exceeded in that his leg was daintily formed .'- Wotton . B price of a diamond or carbuncle that showeth best in OF TRUTH ESSAY ESSAY.
... impositions on the mind and practice .'- Watts . Daintily . Elegantly . ' The Duke exceeded in that his leg was daintily formed .'- Wotton . B price of a diamond or carbuncle that showeth best in OF TRUTH ESSAY ESSAY.
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... practice - truth without any ulterior end , should be sought , but that truth should be sought and followed confidently , not in each instance , only so far as we perceive it to be expedient , and from motives of policy , but with a ...
... practice - truth without any ulterior end , should be sought , but that truth should be sought and followed confidently , not in each instance , only so far as we perceive it to be expedient , and from motives of policy , but with a ...
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... practice only by postponing all other questions to that which ought ever to come foremost - What is the truth ? ' question be asked only in the second place , it is likely to receive a very different answer from what it would if it had ...
... practice only by postponing all other questions to that which ought ever to come foremost - What is the truth ? ' question be asked only in the second place , it is likely to receive a very different answer from what it would if it had ...
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... practice ; the holding forth or fostering false consolations , false encouragements , and false sanctions , or con- niving at their being held forth or believed , are all pious frauds . This springs from , and it will foster and ...
... practice ; the holding forth or fostering false consolations , false encouragements , and false sanctions , or con- niving at their being held forth or believed , are all pious frauds . This springs from , and it will foster and ...
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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