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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... nature of Warre ; as it is in the nature of Weather . For as the nature of Foule weather , lyeth not in a showre or two of rain ; but in an inclination thereto of many dayes together ; So the nature of War , consisteth not in actuall ...
... nature of Warre ; as it is in the nature of Weather . For as the nature of Foule weather , lyeth not in a showre or two of rain ; but in an inclination thereto of many dayes together ; So the nature of War , consisteth not in actuall ...
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... nature , but in the nature of this institution which fails to satisfy the legitimate demands of humanity . That is the key to the revival which we connect with the names of Francis and Dominic . If , a century after St Bernard , it ...
... nature , but in the nature of this institution which fails to satisfy the legitimate demands of humanity . That is the key to the revival which we connect with the names of Francis and Dominic . If , a century after St Bernard , it ...
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... nature , as grace and harmony are the sisters and images of goodness and virtue . That is quite true , he said . But is our superintendence to go no further , and are the poets only , to be required by us to impress a good moral on ...
... nature , as grace and harmony are the sisters and images of goodness and virtue . That is quite true , he said . But is our superintendence to go no further , and are the poets only , to be required by us to impress a good moral on ...
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Praise of history | 3 |
Accident in history | 9 |
Sir Thomas Browne | 18 |
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