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... hath been so justly celebrated as giving one man an ascendant over others , superior even to what despotism itself can bestow ; since by the latter the more ignoble part only , the body and its mem- bers are enslaved ; whereas from the ...
... hath been so justly celebrated as giving one man an ascendant over others , superior even to what despotism itself can bestow ; since by the latter the more ignoble part only , the body and its mem- bers are enslaved ; whereas from the ...
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... hath its full influence on us , we have little inclination for investigating the cause . For these reasons , I have resolved to be brief in my illustra- tions , having often observed , that , in such nice and abstract inquiries , if a ...
... hath its full influence on us , we have little inclination for investigating the cause . For these reasons , I have resolved to be brief in my illustra- tions , having often observed , that , in such nice and abstract inquiries , if a ...
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... hath given us numberless examples in many of the characters he hath so finely drawn , and little incidents he hath so pleasantly related in his Tatlers and Spectators . I might remark of the word humour , as I did of the term wit , that ...
... hath given us numberless examples in many of the characters he hath so finely drawn , and little incidents he hath so pleasantly related in his Tatlers and Spectators . I might remark of the word humour , as I did of the term wit , that ...
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... hath been a variety of jarring sentiments . The simplest way and the most perspicuous , and generally that which best promotes the dis- covery of truth , is to give as distinct and methodical a de- lineation as possible of one's own ...
... hath been a variety of jarring sentiments . The simplest way and the most perspicuous , and generally that which best promotes the dis- covery of truth , is to give as distinct and methodical a de- lineation as possible of one's own ...
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... hath nowhere , as far as I know , so much as insinuated . SECTION . - Hobbes's account of Laughter examined . From the founder of the peripatetic school , let us descend to the philosopher of Malmesbury , who hath defined laughter " a ...
... hath nowhere , as far as I know , so much as insinuated . SECTION . - Hobbes's account of Laughter examined . From the founder of the peripatetic school , let us descend to the philosopher of Malmesbury , who hath defined laughter " a ...
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Page 357 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock : and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not : for it was founded upon a rock.
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