Fugitive Pieces on Various Subjects: A vindication of natural societyRobert Dodsley J. Dodsley, 1771 - English essays |
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... Lives of all thinking Men extremely mife- rable , if the fame Philofophy which caufed the Grief did not at the fame Time adminifter the Comfort . On confidering political Societies , their Origin , their Constitution , and their Effects ...
... Lives of all thinking Men extremely mife- rable , if the fame Philofophy which caufed the Grief did not at the fame Time adminifter the Comfort . On confidering political Societies , their Origin , their Constitution , and their Effects ...
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... Lives must have been facrificed ; but no fooner had he fallen himself a Sacrifice to his Vices , than a thousand Breaches were made for Ruin to en- ter , and give the laft hand to this Scene of Misery and Destruction . His Kingdom was ...
... Lives must have been facrificed ; but no fooner had he fallen himself a Sacrifice to his Vices , than a thousand Breaches were made for Ruin to en- ter , and give the laft hand to this Scene of Misery and Destruction . His Kingdom was ...
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... live under Forms that have a milder Appearance , that there is fcarce a ra- tional Man in Europe , that would not prefer Death to Afiatick Defpotifm . Here then we have the Ac- knowledgment of a great Philofopher , that an irré- gular ...
... live under Forms that have a milder Appearance , that there is fcarce a ra- tional Man in Europe , that would not prefer Death to Afiatick Defpotifm . Here then we have the Ac- knowledgment of a great Philofopher , that an irré- gular ...
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... live by one Man's " Will , was the Caufe of all Men's Mifery , " They therefore changed their former Method ; and , affemb- ling the Men in their feveral Societies , the most re- fpectable for their Understanding and Fortunes , they ...
... live by one Man's " Will , was the Caufe of all Men's Mifery , " They therefore changed their former Method ; and , affemb- ling the Men in their feveral Societies , the most re- fpectable for their Understanding and Fortunes , they ...
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... and employ its whole Force to prove that it is an infufficient Guide to them in the Conduct of their Lives . But unhappily for us , in Proportion as we we have deviated from the plain Rule of our Nature OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 59.
... and employ its whole Force to prove that it is an infufficient Guide to them in the Conduct of their Lives . But unhappily for us , in Proportion as we we have deviated from the plain Rule of our Nature OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 59.
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