A Manual of English Prose LiteratureWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1872 - 634 sider |
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... political and social wisdom , or he may give his principal care to making the record of events scenically or dramatically inter- esting . Now , without saying that these three functions should be kept distinct - that a history should be ...
... political and social wisdom , or he may give his principal care to making the record of events scenically or dramatically inter- esting . Now , without saying that these three functions should be kept distinct - that a history should be ...
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... Political Economy . ' It is not a complete exposition of political economy , but , as the title imports , of certain first principles- the doctrines of value , market - value , wages , rent , and profits . As in the case of Macaulay ...
... Political Economy . ' It is not a complete exposition of political economy , but , as the title imports , of certain first principles- the doctrines of value , market - value , wages , rent , and profits . As in the case of Macaulay ...
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... political economy , he nevertheless had gleaned technical terms from every science . He was indeed ever on the watch for a good word ; sciences , arts , and even trades , all alike he laid under greater or less occasional contributions ...
... political economy , he nevertheless had gleaned technical terms from every science . He was indeed ever on the watch for a good word ; sciences , arts , and even trades , all alike he laid under greater or less occasional contributions ...
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... Political Economy : ' - ... or , like the fantastic architecture which the winds are ever- lastingly pursuing in the Arabian desert , would exhibit phantom arrays of fleeting columns and fluctuating edifices , which , under FIGURES OF ...
... Political Economy : ' - ... or , like the fantastic architecture which the winds are ever- lastingly pursuing in the Arabian desert , would exhibit phantom arrays of fleeting columns and fluctuating edifices , which , under FIGURES OF ...
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... Political Economy , ' Mr M'Culloch says " It would have been more popular and successful had it been less scholastic . It is right to be logical , but not to be perpetually obtruding logical forms and technicalities on the reader's ...
... Political Economy , ' Mr M'Culloch says " It would have been more popular and successful had it been less scholastic . It is right to be logical , but not to be perpetually obtruding logical forms and technicalities on the reader's ...
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