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... same engines which were employed for the destruction of reli- gion , might be employed with equal fuccefs for the fubverfion of government ; and that specious arguments might be ufed against those things which they , who doubt of every ...
... same engines which were employed for the destruction of reli- gion , might be employed with equal fuccefs for the fubverfion of government ; and that specious arguments might be ufed against those things which they , who doubt of every ...
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... same time admi- nifter the comfort . a On confidering political focieties , their origin , their constitution , and their effects , I have fome- times been in a good deal more than doubt , whe- ther the Creator did ever really intend ...
... same time admi- nifter the comfort . a On confidering political focieties , their origin , their constitution , and their effects , I have fome- times been in a good deal more than doubt , whe- ther the Creator did ever really intend ...
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... same ; the spirit of ambition , of self - intereft , of oppreffion , and treachery . This spirit entirely re verfes all the principles which a benevolent nature has erected within us ; all honefty , all equal juf tice , and even the ...
... same ; the spirit of ambition , of self - intereft , of oppreffion , and treachery . This spirit entirely re verfes all the principles which a benevolent nature has erected within us ; all honefty , all equal juf tice , and even the ...
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... mufick . In reality , a great clearness helps but little towards affecting the paf- fions , as it is in fome fort an enemy to all enthu- fiams whatfoever . SECT SECT . [ IV . ] THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED 162 ON THE SUBLIME.
... mufick . In reality , a great clearness helps but little towards affecting the paf- fions , as it is in fome fort an enemy to all enthu- fiams whatfoever . SECT SECT . [ IV . ] THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED 162 ON THE SUBLIME.
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SECT . [ IV . ] THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED . THERE are two verfes in Horace's Art of Poetry that seem to contradict this opinion , for which rea- fon I fhall take a little more pains in clearing it up . The verfes are , Segnius irritant ...
SECT . [ IV . ] THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED . THERE are two verfes in Horace's Art of Poetry that seem to contradict this opinion , for which rea- fon I fhall take a little more pains in clearing it up . The verfes are , Segnius irritant ...
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