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... religion ) ' on the true faith of a Christian , ' though he is further removed from what is commonly meant by Christianity , ' than a Jew or a Mussulman . And it should be remembered that this case is far different from that ( with ...
... religion ) ' on the true faith of a Christian , ' though he is further removed from what is commonly meant by Christianity , ' than a Jew or a Mussulman . And it should be remembered that this case is far different from that ( with ...
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... RELIGION IV . OF REVENGE • PAGE 1 14 20 53 V. OF ADVERSITY • 61 VI . OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION 72 VII . OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN 82 VIII . OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE 86 IX . OF ENVY 91 X. OF LOVE XI . OF GREAT PLACE XII . OF ...
... RELIGION IV . OF REVENGE • PAGE 1 14 20 53 V. OF ADVERSITY • 61 VI . OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION 72 VII . OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN 82 VIII . OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE 86 IX . OF ENVY 91 X. OF LOVE XI . OF GREAT PLACE XII . OF ...
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... religious , inquiry - the strong conviction of its value . To this must be united a distrust of ourselves . Men miss truth 1 The chief part of what follows , I have taken the liberty to extract from the Essay on Truth ( 2nd Series ) ...
... religious , inquiry - the strong conviction of its value . To this must be united a distrust of ourselves . Men miss truth 1 The chief part of what follows , I have taken the liberty to extract from the Essay on Truth ( 2nd Series ) ...
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... religious , we manifest a want of faith in God's power , or in his will to maintain his own cause . There may be danger attend- ant on every truth , since there is none that may not be per- verted by some , or that may not give offence ...
... religious , we manifest a want of faith in God's power , or in his will to maintain his own cause . There may be danger attend- ant on every truth , since there is none that may not be per- verted by some , or that may not give offence ...
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... religious meditations there is sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition . You shall read in some of the friars ' books of mortification , that a man should think with himself what the pain is , if he have but his finger's end ...
... religious meditations there is sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition . You shall read in some of the friars ' books of mortification , that a man should think with himself what the pain is , if he have but his finger's end ...
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Common terms and phrases
advantage Æneid ancient ANNOTATIONS ANTITHETA Aristotle atheists Augustus Cæsar Bacon believe better Bishop Butler Cæsar called cause character christian Church common commonly contrary counsel course cunning danger desire divine doctrine doth doubt Edinburgh Review effect envy Epicurus error ESSAY evil favour fear feel Galba give hath helotism Henry VII honour human important infallible instance judgment Julius Cæsar keep kind king labour less maketh man's matter means men's ment merely mind moral nature never object observed opinion opposite party perceive perhaps persons political Pompey practice princes principle profess racter reason regard religion religious remarkable Roman Roman Catholic saith Scripture seditions sense side sometimes speak superstition supposed sure Tacitus things thou thought tion true truth unto usury Vespasian virtue wealth wisdom wise word