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... in which , if the author could succeed , he is obliged to own , that nothing could be more fatal to mankind than his success ? I cannot conceive how this sort of writers propose to com- pass the designs they pretend to have in view ,
... in which , if the author could succeed , he is obliged to own , that nothing could be more fatal to mankind than his success ? I cannot conceive how this sort of writers propose to com- pass the designs they pretend to have in view ,
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... proposal , they have 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 ...
... proposal , they have 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 ...
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... proposing in the least to reflect on our most wise form of government ; no more than I would , in the freer parts of my philosophical writings , mean to object to the piety , truth , and perfection of our most excellent church . Both I ...
... proposing in the least to reflect on our most wise form of government ; no more than I would , in the freer parts of my philosophical writings , mean to object to the piety , truth , and perfection of our most excellent church . Both I ...
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... propose an application of the immense sums squandered in public shows , even to the most necessary purposes of the state . When you see the people of this republic banishing and murdering their best and ablest citizens , dissipating the ...
... propose an application of the immense sums squandered in public shows , even to the most necessary purposes of the state . When you see the people of this republic banishing and murdering their best and ablest citizens , dissipating the ...
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... propose , that pain and pleasure are not only not necessarily dependent for their existence on their mu- tual diminution or removal , but that , in reality , the diminu- tion or ceasing of pleasure does not operate like positive pain ...
... propose , that pain and pleasure are not only not necessarily dependent for their existence on their mu- tual diminution or removal , but that , in reality , the diminu- tion or ceasing of pleasure does not operate like positive pain ...
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