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... thought or language . 8. The Synonyms . - These are sub- Joined to the words to which they belong , and are very complete . 9. The Illustrations , which exceed 3000 , are inserted , not for the sake of ornament , but to elucidate the ...
... thought or language . 8. The Synonyms . - These are sub- Joined to the words to which they belong , and are very complete . 9. The Illustrations , which exceed 3000 , are inserted , not for the sake of ornament , but to elucidate the ...
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... thought they re- ceived but a poor recompense for this disappointment , in see- ing every mode of religion attacked in a lively manner , and the foundation of every virtue , and of all government , sapped with great art and much ...
... thought they re- ceived but a poor recompense for this disappointment , in see- ing every mode of religion attacked in a lively manner , and the foundation of every virtue , and of all government , sapped with great art and much ...
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... thought utterly indefensible , they grow doubtful of their own reason ; they are thrown into a sort of pleasing surprise ; they run along with the speaker , charmed and captivated to find such a plentiful har- vest of reasoning , where ...
... thought utterly indefensible , they grow doubtful of their own reason ; they are thrown into a sort of pleasing surprise ; they run along with the speaker , charmed and captivated to find such a plentiful har- vest of reasoning , where ...
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... thought that the advantages of the state of nature ought to have been more fully displayed . This had undoubtedly been a very ample subject for declamation ; but they do not consider the character of the piece . The writers against ...
... thought that the advantages of the state of nature ought to have been more fully displayed . This had undoubtedly been a very ample subject for declamation ; but they do not consider the character of the piece . The writers against ...
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... thought , that having once entered upon these reasonings , we might be carried insensibly and irresistibly farther than at first we could either have imagined or wished . But for my part , my Lord , I then thought , and am still of the ...
... thought , that having once entered upon these reasonings , we might be carried insensibly and irresistibly farther than at first we could either have imagined or wished . But for my part , my Lord , I then thought , and am still of the ...
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