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are delivered in à fpecious manner , and in a ftyle above the common , they cannot want a number of admirers of as much docility as can be wifhed for in difciples . To thefe the editor of the follow- ing little piece has addreffed it ...
are delivered in à fpecious manner , and in a ftyle above the common , they cannot want a number of admirers of as much docility as can be wifhed for in difciples . To thefe the editor of the follow- ing little piece has addreffed it ...
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... common arbitrator to refort to in their differences . Thefe were evils which they could not but have felt pretty feverely on many occafions . The original children of the earth lived with their brethren of the other kinds in much ...
... common arbitrator to refort to in their differences . Thefe were evils which they could not but have felt pretty feverely on many occafions . The original children of the earth lived with their brethren of the other kinds in much ...
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... common principle of action , but a blind obedience to the paffions of their ruler . The next perfonage who figures in the tragedies of this ancient theatre is Semiramis : for we have no particulars of Ninus , but that he made im- menfe ...
... common principle of action , but a blind obedience to the paffions of their ruler . The next perfonage who figures in the tragedies of this ancient theatre is Semiramis : for we have no particulars of Ninus , but that he made im- menfe ...
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... , by the na- tural avarice and pride of those who are raised above the others , is compleated by their fufpicions , and their dread of lofing an authority , which has no no fupport in the common utility of the nation . NATURAL SOCIETY . 41.
... , by the na- tural avarice and pride of those who are raised above the others , is compleated by their fufpicions , and their dread of lofing an authority , which has no no fupport in the common utility of the nation . NATURAL SOCIETY . 41.
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no fupport in the common utility of the nation . A Genoese , or a Venetian republick , is a concealed defpotifm ; where you find the fame pride of the rulers , the fame base subjection of the people , the fame bloody maxims of a ...
no fupport in the common utility of the nation . A Genoese , or a Venetian republick , is a concealed defpotifm ; where you find the fame pride of the rulers , the fame base subjection of the people , the fame bloody maxims of a ...
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affected affociation againſt agreeable almoſt arifes beauty becauſe befides beſt body cafe caufe cauſe colours confequently confider confiderable confiftent darkneſs defcription defigned degree difpofition diftinct diftinguiſh diſcover faid fame fect feems fenfes fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fimilar fimple fince fions firft firſt fmooth fociety fome fomething fpecies ftand ftate ftill ftrength ftriking ftrong fubject fublime fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure fweet greateſt himſelf horrour idea images imagination impreffion itſelf juſt laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs mankind manner meaſure mind miſtake moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nefs obferved object occafions ourſelves paffions pain perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poffible pofitive prefent principles produce proportion purpoſe qualities raiſed reafon refult reprefented reſemblance SECT ſeems ſenſe ſeveral ſmall ſome ſpecies ſtate tafte taſte tenfion terrour thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion tural underſtanding uſe whilft words