The Worthies of Yorkshire and Lancashire: Being Lives of the Most Distinguished Persons that Have Been Born In, Or Connected With, Those Provinces |
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Page iii
... politics of the time in which she lived . Now what to one age is Politics , becomes History to all that succeed . The impossibility of writing the annals of a nation without recording the acts , words , and characters of many men in ...
... politics of the time in which she lived . Now what to one age is Politics , becomes History to all that succeed . The impossibility of writing the annals of a nation without recording the acts , words , and characters of many men in ...
Page iv
... political history , indisposes both reader and writer for the hard passionless spirit of enquiry , so essentially neces- sary to arrive at those grand principles which convert facts into truths ; principles in the light whereof a ...
... political history , indisposes both reader and writer for the hard passionless spirit of enquiry , so essentially neces- sary to arrive at those grand principles which convert facts into truths ; principles in the light whereof a ...
Page vi
... politicians , of the Richelieus and Bedomars , only appear as letters of sulphurous flame , writing their own condemnation ? Because the heart of man gives honour to bravery , which is nature's gift , but has no respect for the wisdom ...
... politicians , of the Richelieus and Bedomars , only appear as letters of sulphurous flame , writing their own condemnation ? Because the heart of man gives honour to bravery , which is nature's gift , but has no respect for the wisdom ...
Page viii
... political or religious , his rule has been , to make each speak for himself in his own words , or by his own actions , taking care , as far as possible , to represent the opinions that men or sects have actually held , in the light in ...
... political or religious , his rule has been , to make each speak for himself in his own words , or by his own actions , taking care , as far as possible , to represent the opinions that men or sects have actually held , in the light in ...
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... political , directed their machinations especially against boys and women , had stolen into the Universities . Young Marvell was a tempting prize ; and their plausible equivocations so far prevailed over his inexperience , as to seduce ...
... political , directed their machinations especially against boys and women , had stolen into the Universities . Young Marvell was a tempting prize ; and their plausible equivocations so far prevailed over his inexperience , as to seduce ...
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