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Page 118
... usual self- satisfied patriotism , namely that ' ripe understanding and many civil virtues be imported into our minds from foreign writings and examples of best ages ' . I suppose he was thinking of himself again and the republican ...
... usual self- satisfied patriotism , namely that ' ripe understanding and many civil virtues be imported into our minds from foreign writings and examples of best ages ' . I suppose he was thinking of himself again and the republican ...
Page 124
... usual rationalist assumption , ' if men would within themselves be governed by reason ' , instead of by ' custom from without , and blind affections within ' . We see that the appeal to reason has become conditional now - he has learnt ...
... usual rationalist assumption , ' if men would within themselves be governed by reason ' , instead of by ' custom from without , and blind affections within ' . We see that the appeal to reason has become conditional now - he has learnt ...
Page 143
... usual weapon of murder . If the English settlers objected , the reply of the native Irish was that Ireland was their island ; and English uppishness has received its come - uppance only in our time . At no point in his Observations does ...
... usual weapon of murder . If the English settlers objected , the reply of the native Irish was that Ireland was their island ; and English uppishness has received its come - uppance only in our time . At no point in his Observations does ...
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Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
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