Short Studies on Great Subjects, Volum 2Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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Pàgina 2
... mind penetrates the circle of man- kind , and shapes them afresh after its likeness . We talk of a science of history - we dream that we can trace laws of causation which governed the actions of our fathers , and from which we can ...
... mind penetrates the circle of man- kind , and shapes them afresh after its likeness . We talk of a science of history - we dream that we can trace laws of causation which governed the actions of our fathers , and from which we can ...
Pàgina 3
... minds have a natural tendency to direct weak minds . Majorities vote wrongly . The wrong course runs the ship upon the rocks ; and the fool , when his folly issues in practical disaster , understands in some degree that he is a fool ...
... minds have a natural tendency to direct weak minds . Majorities vote wrongly . The wrong course runs the ship upon the rocks ; and the fool , when his folly issues in practical disaster , understands in some degree that he is a fool ...
Pàgina 8
... was well entertained , and Ethel- bert paid a visit to the Mercian court to make acquaint- ance with his bride . The mind of Offa was set rather on the territories than the person of his intended son - 8 Annals of an English Abbey .
... was well entertained , and Ethel- bert paid a visit to the Mercian court to make acquaint- ance with his bride . The mind of Offa was set rather on the territories than the person of his intended son - 8 Annals of an English Abbey .
Pàgina 21
... mind has divined its falsehood . He is impatient for the catastrophe . He wonders how men of sense could bear so long with the intolerable . He thanks God with snug self - satisfaction that he is not such a fool as his ancestors ...
... mind has divined its falsehood . He is impatient for the catastrophe . He wonders how men of sense could bear so long with the intolerable . He thanks God with snug self - satisfaction that he is not such a fool as his ancestors ...
Pàgina 58
... mind as themselves , and were ready to receive them as friends . Their leaders were a second priest , named Jaques or Jack Straw , and a man described by Walsing- ham as vir versutus et magno sensu præditus - of strong sense and talent ...
... mind as themselves , and were ready to receive them as friends . Their leaders were a second priest , named Jaques or Jack Straw , and a man described by Walsing- ham as vir versutus et magno sensu præditus - of strong sense and talent ...
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