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... examined or corrected , as fome trifling errors of the tranfcriber were percep tible in it . The manufcript of the fragments was a rough draft from the Author's own hand , much blotted and very confused . The Third Letter on the ...
... examined or corrected , as fome trifling errors of the tranfcriber were percep tible in it . The manufcript of the fragments was a rough draft from the Author's own hand , much blotted and very confused . The Third Letter on the ...
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... that if we were to examine the divine fabricks by our ideas of reafon and fitness , and to use the fame method of attack by which some men have affaulted revealed religion P religion , we might with as good colour , and 6 PREFACE .
... that if we were to examine the divine fabricks by our ideas of reafon and fitness , and to use the fame method of attack by which some men have affaulted revealed religion P religion , we might with as good colour , and 6 PREFACE .
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... examine the refult of a reafon which is not our own . Even in matters which are , as it were , juft within our reach , what would become of the world , if the practice of all moral duties , and the foundations of fociety , refted upon ...
... examine the refult of a reafon which is not our own . Even in matters which are , as it were , juft within our reach , what would become of the world , if the practice of all moral duties , and the foundations of fociety , refted upon ...
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... 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 reasons which induced me to go fo.
... 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 reasons which induced me to go fo.
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... examining a received opi- nion ; but with all that freedom and candour which we owe to truth wherever we find it , or however it may contradict our own notions , ` ør oppofe our own interefts . There is a moft abfurd and and audacious ...
... examining a received opi- nion ; but with all that freedom and candour which we owe to truth wherever we find it , or however it may contradict our own notions , ` ør oppofe our own interefts . There is a moft abfurd and and audacious ...
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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