Essays and treatises on several subjects ... A new edition, Band 1T. Cadell, 1772 |
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... seem to deserve that character . It may easily be obferved , that , though free govern- ments have been commonly the most happy for those who partake of their freedom ; yet are they the most ruinous and oppreffive to their provinces ...
... seem to deserve that character . It may easily be obferved , that , though free govern- ments have been commonly the most happy for those who partake of their freedom ; yet are they the most ruinous and oppreffive to their provinces ...
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... seems to have been the origin of all religious wars and divifions . But as this principle is univerfal in human nature , its effects would not have been confined to one age , and to one fect of religion , did it not there concur with ...
... seems to have been the origin of all religious wars and divifions . But as this principle is univerfal in human nature , its effects would not have been confined to one age , and to one fect of religion , did it not there concur with ...
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... seem oppofite to the former ; fince any other fettlement , in thofe circum- ftances of the nation , muft probably have been dange- rous , if not fatal to liberty . But the heart of man is made to reconcile contradictions ; and this ...
... seem oppofite to the former ; fince any other fettlement , in thofe circum- ftances of the nation , muft probably have been dange- rous , if not fatal to liberty . But the heart of man is made to reconcile contradictions ; and this ...
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... seem inclined to think , that the difference is now abolished , and that affairs are so far returned to their natural state , that there are at present no other parties among us but court and country ; that is , men , who , by interest ...
... seem inclined to think , that the difference is now abolished , and that affairs are so far returned to their natural state , that there are at present no other parties among us but court and country ; that is , men , who , by interest ...
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... seems to have divided philofophers and poets , as well as divines , from the beginning of the world to this day . Some exalt our species to the fkies , and reprefent man as a kind of human demigod , who derives his origin from heaven ...
... seems to have divided philofophers and poets , as well as divines , from the beginning of the world to this day . Some exalt our species to the fkies , and reprefent man as a kind of human demigod , who derives his origin from heaven ...
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