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Page iii
... PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION " 66 THE • THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS · 269 433 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER . * HE late Mr. Burke.
... PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION " 66 THE • THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS · 269 433 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER . * HE late Mr. Burke.
Page viii
... present to be deeply vexed at anything . Whenever this matter comes into discussion , I au- thorize you to contradict the infamous reports which ( I am informed ) have been given out , that this paper had been circulated through the ...
... present to be deeply vexed at anything . Whenever this matter comes into discussion , I au- thorize you to contradict the infamous reports which ( I am informed ) have been given out , that this paper had been circulated through the ...
Page 66
... present age , with our present passions , can possibly pretend to . For my part , I quit it without a sigh , and submit to the sovereign order without murmuring . The nearer we approach to the goal of life , the better we begin to ...
... present age , with our present passions , can possibly pretend to . For my part , I quit it without a sigh , and submit to the sovereign order without murmuring . The nearer we approach to the goal of life , the better we begin to ...
Page 82
... present to different men different images of things , this scep- tical proceeding will make every sort of reasoning on every subject vain and frivolous , even that sceptical reasoning itself which had persuaded us to entertain a doubt ...
... present to different men different images of things , this scep- tical proceeding will make every sort of reasoning on every subject vain and frivolous , even that sceptical reasoning itself which had persuaded us to entertain a doubt ...
Page 85
... present themselves to the palate as they do to the sight ; they are generally applied to it , either as food or as medicine ; and from the qualities which they possess for nutritive or medicinal purposes they often form the palate by ...
... present themselves to the palate as they do to the sight ; they are generally applied to it , either as food or as medicine ; and from the qualities which they possess for nutritive or medicinal purposes they often form the palate by ...
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