Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Band 1T. Cadell, 1784 - 527 Seiten |
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... society ; but its fury is like that of thunder and tempeft , which exhaust themselves in a little time , and leave the air more calm and ferene than before . When the first fire of enthusiasm is spent , men naturally , in all fanatical ...
... society ; but its fury is like that of thunder and tempeft , which exhaust themselves in a little time , and leave the air more calm and ferene than before . When the first fire of enthusiasm is spent , men naturally , in all fanatical ...
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... societies modelled , by the moft profound wisdom of patriots and legiflators . Even the lonely favage , who lies exposed to the inclemency of the elements , and the fury of wild beafts , forgets not , for a moment , this grand object of ...
... societies modelled , by the moft profound wisdom of patriots and legiflators . Even the lonely favage , who lies exposed to the inclemency of the elements , and the fury of wild beafts , forgets not , for a moment , this grand object of ...
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... society ? No ; he knows that in this fullen Apathy , neither true wisdom nor true happiness can be found . He feels too ftrongly the charm of the focial affections ever to counteract so sweet , so natural , fo virtuous a pro- penfity ...
... society ? No ; he knows that in this fullen Apathy , neither true wisdom nor true happiness can be found . He feels too ftrongly the charm of the focial affections ever to counteract so sweet , so natural , fo virtuous a pro- penfity ...
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... society . The laws may allow of polygamy , as among the Eastern nations ; or of voluntary divorces , as among the GREEKS and ROMANS ; or they may confine one man to one woman , during the whole course of their lives , as among the ...
... society . The laws may allow of polygamy , as among the Eastern nations ; or of voluntary divorces , as among the GREEKS and ROMANS ; or they may confine one man to one woman , during the whole course of their lives , as among the ...
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... society . It is , in most points , oppofite to that of a foldier ; as is the way of life , from which it is derived † . As to phyfical causes , I am inclined to doubt altogether of their operation in this particular ; nor do I think ...
... society . It is , in most points , oppofite to that of a foldier ; as is the way of life , from which it is derived † . As to phyfical causes , I am inclined to doubt altogether of their operation in this particular ; nor do I think ...
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