Lectures on History and General Policy, Vol. 1 of 2: To Which Is Prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Priestley, Joseph

 
9781330632307: Lectures on History and General Policy, Vol. 1 of 2: To Which Is Prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life (Classic Reprint)

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So far, therefore, was I fiom endeavouring to keep {lricftly to the title which I firft gave thefe lectures, viz. On H'jfz'ory, that I findied to exceed thofe bounds as much as, with any propriety, I poiiibly Could; and I foon found that, under the head of oéjee'i'r of alfenz'z'on to an nfiorian, or a reader of hit'lory, I could ealily bring the vcry important fubjeét of ge neral policy, or an account of thofe things which principally contribute to render the Great focieties of mankind happy, numerous.

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