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Yet though this people be so ignorant of the present real state of China, the
philosophers I am describing entered into long, learned, laborious disputes o at
China was two thousand years ago. China and o happiness are but little
connected ...
Yet though this people be so ignorant of the present real state of China, the
philosophers I am describing entered into long, learned, laborious disputes o at
China was two thousand years ago. China and o happiness are but little
connected ...
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You may object, that I neither settle rank, precedency, nor place ; that I seem
ignorant whether Gules walks before or behind Garter; that I have neither
mentioned the dimensions of a lord's cap, nor measured the length of a lady's tail.
I know ...
You may object, that I neither settle rank, precedency, nor place ; that I seem
ignorant whether Gules walks before or behind Garter; that I have neither
mentioned the dimensions of a lord's cap, nor measured the length of a lady's tail.
I know ...
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If such discoveries, therefore, remain still to be known at home ; what funds of
knowledge might not be collected in countries yet unexplored, or only passed
through by ignorant travellers in hasty caravans ! The caution with which
foreigners ...
If such discoveries, therefore, remain still to be known at home ; what funds of
knowledge might not be collected in countries yet unexplored, or only passed
through by ignorant travellers in hasty caravans ! The caution with which
foreigners ...
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__ The most ignorant nations have always been found to think most highly of
themselves. The Deity has ever been thought peculiarly concerned in their glory
and preservation; to have fought their battles, and inspired their teachers: their ...
__ The most ignorant nations have always been found to think most highly of
themselves. The Deity has ever been thought peculiarly concerned in their glory
and preservation; to have fought their battles, and inspired their teachers: their ...
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norance and barbarity; they addressed a people who had high opinions of
human nature, because they were ignorant how far it could extend ; they
addressed a people who were willing to allow that men should be gods, because
they were ...
norance and barbarity; they addressed a people who had high opinions of
human nature, because they were ignorant how far it could extend ; they
addressed a people who were willing to allow that men should be gods, because
they were ...
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