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... consideration of the merits of the cause, merely as the parties who uphold these jarring interests may chance to ... considerations were worthy the lasting concern of a wise man, we have some of us felt, such oppression from party ...
... consideration of the merits of the cause, merely as the parties who uphold these jarring interests may chance to ... considerations were worthy the lasting concern of a wise man, we have some of us felt, such oppression from party ...
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... considerations which are independent of the sight itself. But things do not spontaneously present themselves to the palate ... consideration of future or present evils. All of these would lie absolutely neglected if their properties had ...
... considerations which are independent of the sight itself. But things do not spontaneously present themselves to the palate ... consideration of future or present evils. All of these would lie absolutely neglected if their properties had ...
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... consideration of his works. The elevation of the mind ought to be the principal end of all our studies; which, if they do not in some measure effect, they are of very little service to us. But, besides this great purpose, a consideration ...
... consideration of his works. The elevation of the mind ought to be the principal end of all our studies; which, if they do not in some measure effect, they are of very little service to us. But, besides this great purpose, a consideration ...
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... examine but little into the artifice of its contrivance; and we have need of a strong effort of our reason to disentangle our minds from the allurements of the object, to a consideration of that wisdom which invented so.
... examine but little into the artifice of its contrivance; and we have need of a strong effort of our reason to disentangle our minds from the allurements of the object, to a consideration of that wisdom which invented so.
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Edmund Burke. object, to a consideration of that wisdom which invented so powerful a machine. The effect of proportion and fitness, at least so far as they proceed from a mere consideration of the work itself, produce approbation, the ...
Edmund Burke. object, to a consideration of that wisdom which invented so powerful a machine. The effect of proportion and fitness, at least so far as they proceed from a mere consideration of the work itself, produce approbation, the ...
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