The World of Man: Prose Passages, Chiefly from the Works of the Great Historians, Classical and EnglishThe University Press, 1933 - 313 páginas |
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... appear less a foreigner in the eyes of his eastern subjects . The idea which prompted this policy was new and bold , and it harmonised with the great work of Alexander , -the breaking down of the barriers between west and east ; but it ...
... appear less a foreigner in the eyes of his eastern subjects . The idea which prompted this policy was new and bold , and it harmonised with the great work of Alexander , -the breaking down of the barriers between west and east ; but it ...
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... appear . Under such a system , where qualification would not be parliamentary , but personal , even statesmen would be educated ; we should have no more diplomatists who could not speak French ; no more bishops ignorant of theology ; no ...
... appear . Under such a system , where qualification would not be parliamentary , but personal , even statesmen would be educated ; we should have no more diplomatists who could not speak French ; no more bishops ignorant of theology ; no ...
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... appear to have been executed in its full extent , the use of wine was allowed on very easy and liberal terms . The ad- ministration of the public cellars was delegated to a magistrate of honourable rank ; and a considerable part of the ...
... appear to have been executed in its full extent , the use of wine was allowed on very easy and liberal terms . The ad- ministration of the public cellars was delegated to a magistrate of honourable rank ; and a considerable part of the ...
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Praise of history | 3 |
Accident in history | 9 |
Sir Thomas Browne | 18 |
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