Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects: essays, moral, political and literary, Band 1Bell & Bradfute, 1825 - 544 Seiten |
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... appear to us too frivolous to engage our at- tention ; and we shall lose by degrees that sensibility and delicacy of passion , which is so incommodious . But perhaps I have gone too far , in saying that a cul- tivated taste for the ...
... appear to us too frivolous to engage our at- tention ; and we shall lose by degrees that sensibility and delicacy of passion , which is so incommodious . But perhaps I have gone too far , in saying that a cul- tivated taste for the ...
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... appear the most advantageous ; yet a more accurate inspection will discover in it greater inconvenien- ces than in the latter , and such as are founded on causes and principles eternal and immutable . The filling of the throne , in such ...
... appear the most advantageous ; yet a more accurate inspection will discover in it greater inconvenien- ces than in the latter , and such as are founded on causes and principles eternal and immutable . The filling of the throne , in such ...
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... appears more surprising to those who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye , than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few ; and the implicit submission , with which men resign their own sen- timents and ...
... appears more surprising to those who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye , than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few ; and the implicit submission , with which men resign their own sen- timents and ...
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... appear a greater contradiction in the frame of the human mind than the present . When men act in a faction , they are apt , without shame or remorse , to neglect all the ties of honour and morality , in order to serve their party ; and ...
... appear a greater contradiction in the frame of the human mind than the present . When men act in a faction , they are apt , without shame or remorse , to neglect all the ties of honour and morality , in order to serve their party ; and ...
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... appear certain and inevitable , and though the support which al- legiance brings to justice be founded on obvious principles of human nature , it cannot be expected that men should beforehand be able to discover them , or foresee their ...
... appear certain and inevitable , and though the support which al- legiance brings to justice be founded on obvious principles of human nature , it cannot be expected that men should beforehand be able to discover them , or foresee their ...
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