The History of General Literature: Viewed Politically and Historically, in a Popular Manner; from the Earliest Times to the 17th CenturyBentley, 1861 |
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Էջ viii
... questions come more immediately in collision with the prejudices of particular classes of the com- munity , and by this means their minds become unfitted for giving the requisite degree of patient and clear attention to those distinct ...
... questions come more immediately in collision with the prejudices of particular classes of the com- munity , and by this means their minds become unfitted for giving the requisite degree of patient and clear attention to those distinct ...
Էջ viii
... question to suggest itself to persons sitting in judgment on matters deeply effecting the happiness and welfare of millions of their fellow - creatures . But casting our eyes in almost every direction in Europe at the present moment ...
... question to suggest itself to persons sitting in judgment on matters deeply effecting the happiness and welfare of millions of their fellow - creatures . But casting our eyes in almost every direction in Europe at the present moment ...
Էջ viii
... questions of social economy , where long study and peculiar powers of mind are requisite for their complete mastery ; nor to those secret intrigues and deliberations of cabinets , on which some men set so high a political importance ...
... questions of social economy , where long study and peculiar powers of mind are requisite for their complete mastery ; nor to those secret intrigues and deliberations of cabinets , on which some men set so high a political importance ...
Էջ ix
... question may fairly enough be put - do the pre- sent educational institutions of Europe generally , favour the extension of useful political knowledge ? We think not . And not to refer directly in support of our opinion to any of the ...
... question may fairly enough be put - do the pre- sent educational institutions of Europe generally , favour the extension of useful political knowledge ? We think not . And not to refer directly in support of our opinion to any of the ...
Էջ xxv
... and presumption to call in question . In contemplating the character and fortunes of literary politicians , I have often thought of a beautiful passage in Lord Bacon's Advancement of Learning , where he INTRODUCTION . XXV.
... and presumption to call in question . In contemplating the character and fortunes of literary politicians , I have often thought of a beautiful passage in Lord Bacon's Advancement of Learning , where he INTRODUCTION . XXV.
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Էջ 256 - ... it is his demesne, as of fee : that is, it is not purely and simply his own, since it is held of a superior lord, in whom the ultimate property resides.