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... effect . In truth , the an- swer , which is full of spirit and vivacity , was written the latter end of the same ... effects of Blackness moderated.
... effect . In truth , the an- swer , which is full of spirit and vivacity , was written the latter end of the same ... effects of Blackness moderated.
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... feemed barren and unpromif- ing . This is the fairy land of philofophy . And it very frequently happens , that those pleasing im- preffions 1 B 3 pressions on the imagination , subsist and produce their effect PREFACE . 5.
... feemed barren and unpromif- ing . This is the fairy land of philofophy . And it very frequently happens , that those pleasing im- preffions 1 B 3 pressions on the imagination , subsist and produce their effect PREFACE . 5.
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pressions on the imagination , subsist and produce their effect , even after the understanding has been fatisfied of their unsubstantial nature . There is a fort of gloss upon ingenious falsehoods , that daz- zles the imagination , but ...
pressions on the imagination , subsist and produce their effect , even after the understanding has been fatisfied of their unsubstantial nature . There is a fort of gloss upon ingenious falsehoods , that daz- zles the imagination , but ...
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... effects , I have some- times been in a good deal more than doubt , whe- ther the Creator did ever really intend man for a state of happiness . He has mixed in his cup a number of natural evils , ( in spite of the boasts of stoicism they ...
... effects , I have some- times been in a good deal more than doubt , whe- ther the Creator did ever really intend man for a state of happiness . He has mixed in his cup a number of natural evils , ( in spite of the boasts of stoicism they ...
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... effect of the combination , and indeed the end for which it feems purposely formed , and beft calculated , is their mutual destruction . All ancient history is dark and uncertain . One thing how- ever is clear . There were conquerors ...
... effect of the combination , and indeed the end for which it feems purposely formed , and beft calculated , is their mutual destruction . All ancient history is dark and uncertain . One thing how- ever is clear . There were conquerors ...
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