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... all feemed barren and unpromif- ing . This is the fairy land of philofophy . And It very frequently happens , that thofe pleafing im- preffions it B 3 preffions on the imagination , fubfift and produce their effect PREFACE . 5.
... all feemed barren and unpromif- ing . This is the fairy land of philofophy . And It very frequently happens , that thofe pleafing im- preffions it B 3 preffions on the imagination , fubfift and produce their effect PREFACE . 5.
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preffions on the imagination , fubfift and produce their effect , even after the understanding has been fatisfied of their unfubftantial nature . There is a fort of glofs upon ingenious falfehoods , that daz- zles the imagination , but ...
preffions on the imagination , fubfift and produce their effect , even after the understanding has been fatisfied of their unfubftantial nature . There is a fort of glofs upon ingenious falfehoods , that daz- zles the imagination , but ...
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... imaginations promife . In fuch a difcuffion , far am I from propofing in the leaft to reflect on our moft wife form of government ; no more than I would in the freer parts of my philofophical writings , mean to object to the piety ...
... imaginations promife . In fuch a difcuffion , far am I from propofing in the leaft to reflect on our moft wife form of government ; no more than I would in the freer parts of my philofophical writings , mean to object to the piety ...
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... imagination with the image of a fort of complex Nero ? And does it not strike you with the greater horrour , when you obferve , not one , man only , but a whole city , grown drunk with pride and power , run- ning with a rage of folly ...
... imagination with the image of a fort of complex Nero ? And does it not strike you with the greater horrour , when you obferve , not one , man only , but a whole city , grown drunk with pride and power , run- ning with a rage of folly ...
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... imaginations , for the ordering of mankind . I discover the mistakes in those plans , from the real known confequences which have refulted from them . They have inlifted reafon to fight against itfelf , and employ its whole force to ...
... imaginations , for the ordering of mankind . I discover the mistakes in those plans , from the real known confequences which have refulted from them . They have inlifted reafon to fight against itfelf , and employ its whole force to ...
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