Medical Extracts: On the Nature of Health, with Practical Observations and the Laws of the Nervous and Fibrous Systems by a Friend to Improvements, Volume 41797 |
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Page 642
... fortunes . The certain confequence therefore of his taking the part of Christianity was the lofs not only of all that ... fortune , by the favour of those who were at the head of the Jewish state , to whom nothing could fo much recommend ...
... fortunes . The certain confequence therefore of his taking the part of Christianity was the lofs not only of all that ... fortune , by the favour of those who were at the head of the Jewish state , to whom nothing could fo much recommend ...
Page 643
... fortunes of the rich ought to be divided among the poor ; that there is no dif- ference in moral actions ; that any impulfe of the mind are to direct us against the light of our reafon and the laws of nature ; or any of those wicked ...
... fortunes of the rich ought to be divided among the poor ; that there is no dif- ference in moral actions ; that any impulfe of the mind are to direct us against the light of our reafon and the laws of nature ; or any of those wicked ...
Page 668
... fortune . Encouraged by this , he ventured to speak before the people , but with very ill fuccefs . He had a weak voice , a thick way of fpeaking , and a short breath ; notwithstanding which his periods were so long , that he was often ...
... fortune . Encouraged by this , he ventured to speak before the people , but with very ill fuccefs . He had a weak voice , a thick way of fpeaking , and a short breath ; notwithstanding which his periods were so long , that he was often ...
Page 698
... fortune . SCIPIO and CATO are both virtuous characters ; but we are more deeply affected by the violent death of the one , and the ruin of the great cause he adhered to , than with the deserved triumphs and uninterrupted profperity of ...
... fortune . SCIPIO and CATO are both virtuous characters ; but we are more deeply affected by the violent death of the one , and the ruin of the great cause he adhered to , than with the deserved triumphs and uninterrupted profperity of ...
Page 710
... fortune . Though " hitherto unsuccessful , they had every thing to expect " from the strength of their actual preparations ; nor 26 ought men , who had tried and furmounted fo many " dangers , to yield to the weak prejudices of inexperi ...
... fortune . Though " hitherto unsuccessful , they had every thing to expect " from the strength of their actual preparations ; nor 26 ought men , who had tried and furmounted fo many " dangers , to yield to the weak prejudices of inexperi ...
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