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One reason for this may be that the eighteenth - century élite , in an aristocratic world where the masses were still largely illiterate , and science had not yet become monstrously specialized , could feel themselves leaders of ...
One reason for this may be that the eighteenth - century élite , in an aristocratic world where the masses were still largely illiterate , and science had not yet become monstrously specialized , could feel themselves leaders of ...
Pagina 64
And had he been as gaily sceptical as Hume or Voltaire , there seems no reason to believe that he would have become any less generous or compassionate ; though he might have ceased to be so prudish as to scold Hannah More for having ...
And had he been as gaily sceptical as Hume or Voltaire , there seems no reason to believe that he would have become any less generous or compassionate ; though he might have ceased to be so prudish as to scold Hannah More for having ...
Pagina 148
To be more precise , one should not tell lies ( except in diplomacy , where they become a duty ) . One should not drink too much . ( Chesterfield was surprisingly temperate , in that age of topers , and wished ' it would but please God ...
To be more precise , one should not tell lies ( except in diplomacy , where they become a duty ) . One should not drink too much . ( Chesterfield was surprisingly temperate , in that age of topers , and wished ' it would but please God ...
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