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... danger of let- ting the imagination loose upon fome fubjects , may very plaufibly attack every thing the most excel- lent and venerable ; that it would not be difficult to criticise the creation itself ; and that if we were to examine ...
... danger of let- ting the imagination loose upon fome fubjects , may very plaufibly attack every thing the most excel- lent and venerable ; that it would not be difficult to criticise the creation itself ; and that if we were to examine ...
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... dangerous ; that ill conclufions can only flow from falfe propo- fitions ; and that , to know whether any propo- fition be true or falfe , it is a prepofterous method to examine it by its apparent confequences . Thefe These were the ...
... dangerous ; that ill conclufions can only flow from falfe propo- fitions ; and that , to know whether any propo- fition be true or falfe , it is a prepofterous method to examine it by its apparent confequences . Thefe These were the ...
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... danger ; the mutual return of kindness and civility , would af- ford a very ample and very pleafing fubject for hiftory . But , alas ! all the hiftory of all times , concerning all nations , does not afford matter enough to fill ten ...
... danger ; the mutual return of kindness and civility , would af- ford a very ample and very pleafing fubject for hiftory . But , alas ! all the hiftory of all times , concerning all nations , does not afford matter enough to fill ten ...
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... dangerous , as an afpiring quality , that claims an esteem by itself , and inde- pendent of the countenance of the court , What has been faid of the chief , is true of the inferiour officers of this fpecies of government ; each in his ...
... dangerous , as an afpiring quality , that claims an esteem by itself , and inde- pendent of the countenance of the court , What has been faid of the chief , is true of the inferiour officers of this fpecies of government ; each in his ...
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... dangerous to the rulers , whether fultans or fenators . The Oftracifm at Athens was built upon this principle . The giddy people , whom we have now under consideration , being elated with fome flashes of fuccefs , which they owed to no ...
... dangerous to the rulers , whether fultans or fenators . The Oftracifm at Athens was built upon this principle . The giddy people , whom we have now under consideration , being elated with fome flashes of fuccefs , which they owed to no ...
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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