Fugitive Pieces on Various Subjects: A vindication of natural societyRobert Dodsley J. Dodsley, 1771 - English essays |
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... faid in Favour of what , on the very Propofal , they have thought utterly indefen- fible , they grow doubtful of their own Rea- fon ; they are thrown into a fort of Pleafing Surprize ; they run along with the Speaker , charmed and ...
... faid in Favour of what , on the very Propofal , they have thought utterly indefen- fible , they grow doubtful of their own Rea- fon ; they are thrown into a fort of Pleafing Surprize ; they run along with the Speaker , charmed and ...
Page viii
... not his Defign to say all that could poffibly be faid . It had been inexcu- fable to fill a large Volume with the Abuse of Reafon ; nor would fuch an Abuse have been tolerable tolerable even for a few Pages , if fome Under- viii PREFACE .
... not his Defign to say all that could poffibly be faid . It had been inexcu- fable to fill a large Volume with the Abuse of Reafon ; nor would fuch an Abuse have been tolerable tolerable even for a few Pages , if fome Under- viii PREFACE .
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... faid upon the Restraint which our bodily Neceffities ought to lay on the extravagant Sublimities and excentrick Roy- ings of our Minds . The Body , or , as fome love to call it , our inferior Nature , is wifer in its own plain Way , and ...
... faid upon the Restraint which our bodily Neceffities ought to lay on the extravagant Sublimities and excentrick Roy- ings of our Minds . The Body , or , as fome love to call it , our inferior Nature , is wifer in its own plain Way , and ...
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... faid of the chief , is true of the inferior Officers of this Species of Government ; each in his Province exer cifing the fame Tyranny , and grinding the People by an Oppreffion , the more feverely felt , as it is near them , them , and ...
... faid of the chief , is true of the inferior Officers of this Species of Government ; each in his Province exer cifing the fame Tyranny , and grinding the People by an Oppreffion , the more feverely felt , as it is near them , them , and ...
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... faid , their Giddiness might make the People condemn where they meant to acquit ; to throw in a black Bean , even when they intended a white one . The Athenians made a very rapid Progrefs to the most enormous Exceffes . The People under ...
... faid , their Giddiness might make the People condemn where they meant to acquit ; to throw in a black Bean , even when they intended a white one . The Athenians made a very rapid Progrefs to the most enormous Exceffes . The People under ...
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