Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects: essays, moral, political and literary, Band 1Bell & Bradfute, 1825 - 544 Seiten |
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... climate . Learning was transplanted to Rome , the only free nation at that time in the universe ; and having met with so favourable a soil , it made prodi- gious shoots for above a century ; till the decay of liber- ty produced also the ...
... climate . Learning was transplanted to Rome , the only free nation at that time in the universe ; and having met with so favourable a soil , it made prodi- gious shoots for above a century ; till the decay of liber- ty produced also the ...
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... climate , a soil not unfertile , and a most harmonious and comprehen- sive language ; so that every circumstance among that people seemed to favour the rise of the arts and sciences . Each city produced its several artists and ...
... climate , a soil not unfertile , and a most harmonious and comprehen- sive language ; so that every circumstance among that people seemed to favour the rise of the arts and sciences . Each city produced its several artists and ...
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... climate to another , and make them precede the refined arts in their progress ; though , perhaps , they sprang after them in their first rise and propagation . From these causes proceed civilized monarchies ; where the arts of go ...
... climate to another , and make them precede the refined arts in their progress ; though , perhaps , they sprang after them in their first rise and propagation . From these causes proceed civilized monarchies ; where the arts of go ...
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... climate and language could produce but a faint copy of so excel- lent an original . In short , the arts and sciences , like some plants , require a fresh soil ; and however rich the land may be , and how-、 ever you may recruit it by ...
... climate and language could produce but a faint copy of so excel- lent an original . In short , the arts and sciences , like some plants , require a fresh soil ; and however rich the land may be , and how-、 ever you may recruit it by ...
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... climates are alike suited to him . These to- pics are admirable , could they fall only into the hands of banished persons . But what if they come also to the know- ledge of those who are employed in public affairs , and de- stroy all ...
... climates are alike suited to him . These to- pics are admirable , could they fall only into the hands of banished persons . But what if they come also to the know- ledge of those who are employed in public affairs , and de- stroy all ...
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