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... thing , nor a sun without his planet and their synthesis in a solar system . In short , three - in - one is the law of all thought and of all things . Nothing has been created , nothing can be thought , except upon the principle of ...
... thing , nor a sun without his planet and their synthesis in a solar system . In short , three - in - one is the law of all thought and of all things . Nothing has been created , nothing can be thought , except upon the principle of ...
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... things , full of melancholy and indisposi- tion , and unpleasing to themselves ? One of the fathers , in great severity , called poesy vinum dæmonum , " because it filleth the imagination , and yet is but with the shadow of a lie . But ...
... things , full of melancholy and indisposi- tion , and unpleasing to themselves ? One of the fathers , in great severity , called poesy vinum dæmonum , " because it filleth the imagination , and yet is but with the shadow of a lie . But ...
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... things beyond the reach of our faculties , -attempts to be wise above what is written , -or groundless confidence in the cer- tainty of our conclusions ; but unless reason be employed in ascertaining what doctrines are revealed ...
... things beyond the reach of our faculties , -attempts to be wise above what is written , -or groundless confidence in the cer- tainty of our conclusions ; but unless reason be employed in ascertaining what doctrines are revealed ...
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... things are in men's depraved judgments and affections , it teacheth that the inquiry of Truth , which is the love - making or wooing of it - the knowledge of Truth , which is the presence of it - and the belief of Truth , which is the ...
... things are in men's depraved judgments and affections , it teacheth that the inquiry of Truth , which is the love - making or wooing of it - the knowledge of Truth , which is the presence of it - and the belief of Truth , which is the ...
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... things , even in virtue , a long race is more conducive to success than a short one . ' " Absque spatiis vitæ ... thing would seem incredible , if it were not so fully attested . All this proves that avarice overcomes the fear of death ...
... things , even in virtue , a long race is more conducive to success than a short one . ' " Absque spatiis vitæ ... thing would seem incredible , if it were not so fully attested . All this proves that avarice overcomes the fear of death ...
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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