A Vindication of Mr. Fox's History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the SecondJ. Johnson, 1811 - 424 страници |
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... seems to have been aware of the expectations of the public , and in his Introduction , as well as in different parts of the body of his work , makes the strongest professions of candour and impartiality , and censures the want of that ...
... seems to have been aware of the expectations of the public , and in his Introduction , as well as in different parts of the body of his work , makes the strongest professions of candour and impartiality , and censures the want of that ...
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... seem to be entirely opposite . And in particular , if " Mr. Fox had ever read Somerville's History , he must have 66 strangely forgotten what he met with in it , to have classed " him with Hume and other prerogative writers . " Here we ...
... seem to be entirely opposite . And in particular , if " Mr. Fox had ever read Somerville's History , he must have 66 strangely forgotten what he met with in it , to have classed " him with Hume and other prerogative writers . " Here we ...
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... seems to think himself peculiarly qualified to write a history , or to make observations upon the histories of others . He was the intimate friend of Lord March- mont , and had seen Hume the historian very frequently ; he * Mr. Rose's ...
... seems to think himself peculiarly qualified to write a history , or to make observations upon the histories of others . He was the intimate friend of Lord March- mont , and had seen Hume the historian very frequently ; he * Mr. Rose's ...
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... seems also to feel disappointment , that Mr. Fox should have left only so small a fragment behind him , but is not satisfied with the manner in which it is written . To prove that he is a competent judge upon the subject , he ec ommends ...
... seems also to feel disappointment , that Mr. Fox should have left only so small a fragment behind him , but is not satisfied with the manner in which it is written . To prove that he is a competent judge upon the subject , he ec ommends ...
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... seems fully aware of its difficulty , for he says in one place , Mr. Fox was a man of " splendid , " in another , of 66 transcendant , " in a third , of " eminent " talents . He speaks of his most excellent natural memory , and of his ...
... seems fully aware of its difficulty , for he says in one place , Mr. Fox was a man of " splendid , " in another , of 66 transcendant , " in a third , of " eminent " talents . He speaks of his most excellent natural memory , and of his ...
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