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Having thus considered the most important objections against Christianity , and the chief advantages proposed by the abolishing thereof , I shall now with equal deference and submission to wiser judgments as before , proceed to mention ...
Having thus considered the most important objections against Christianity , and the chief advantages proposed by the abolishing thereof , I shall now with equal deference and submission to wiser judgments as before , proceed to mention ...
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If the task of a king be considered as difficult , who has the care only of a few millions , to whom he cannot do much good or harm , what must be the anxiety of him , on whom depend the action of the elements , and the great gifts of ...
If the task of a king be considered as difficult , who has the care only of a few millions , to whom he cannot do much good or harm , what must be the anxiety of him , on whom depend the action of the elements , and the great gifts of ...
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... and may be considered as one cause why this quality rarely appears in a very high degree in polished life . names of Young , Gray , Ogilvie , Collins , Akenside , and Mason , as they do honour to the present age , will probably be ...
... and may be considered as one cause why this quality rarely appears in a very high degree in polished life . names of Young , Gray , Ogilvie , Collins , Akenside , and Mason , as they do honour to the present age , will probably be ...
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Contents
General Introduction | 1 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
ESSAY ON MAN | 60 |
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| Title | The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical Essays |
| Editor | John L. Mahoney |
| Publisher | D. C. Heath, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0669023213, 9780669023213 |
| Length | 765 pages |
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