Essays and treatises on several subjects ... A new edition, Band 1T. Cadell, 1772 |
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... less frequent than great pains ; fo that a fenfible temper muft meet with fewer trials in the former way than in the latter . Not to men- tion , that men of fuch lively paffions are apt to be trans- ported beyond all bounds of prudence ...
... less frequent than great pains ; fo that a fenfible temper muft meet with fewer trials in the former way than in the latter . Not to men- tion , that men of fuch lively paffions are apt to be trans- ported beyond all bounds of prudence ...
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... less real ; or rather , they are more real and more pernicious , upon that very account . The diftinct orders of men , nobles and people , foldiers and merchants , have all a diftinct intereft ; but the more powerful oppreffes the ...
... less real ; or rather , they are more real and more pernicious , upon that very account . The diftinct orders of men , nobles and people , foldiers and merchants , have all a diftinct intereft ; but the more powerful oppreffes the ...
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... less or rather more contrary to it , than found reason and philofophy . As fuperftition is founded on fear , forrow , and a depreffion of spirits , it represents the man to himself in fuch despicable colours , that he appears unworthy ...
... less or rather more contrary to it , than found reason and philofophy . As fuperftition is founded on fear , forrow , and a depreffion of spirits , it represents the man to himself in fuch despicable colours , that he appears unworthy ...
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... less fubject to accidents , and less influenced by whim and private fancy , than those which operate on a few only . The latter are commonly fo de- Jicate and refined , that the fmalleft incident in the health , education , or fortune ...
... less fubject to accidents , and less influenced by whim and private fancy , than those which operate on a few only . The latter are commonly fo de- Jicate and refined , that the fmalleft incident in the health , education , or fortune ...
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David Hume. duty and convenience ? Nothing , therefore , can proceed less from affectation than the paffion of gallantry . It is natural in the highest degree . Art and education , in the moft elegant courts , make no more alteration on ...
David Hume. duty and convenience ? Nothing , therefore , can proceed less from affectation than the paffion of gallantry . It is natural in the highest degree . Art and education , in the moft elegant courts , make no more alteration on ...
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