Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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... Arts and Sciences , may be urged in Abatement of what has been advanced in the last Section ....... Page • 1 22 33 49 69 82 102 Sect . VII . - On the Savage and Civilized State of Man ... 112 PART II . ON THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION , BOTH.
... Arts and Sciences , may be urged in Abatement of what has been advanced in the last Section ....... Page • 1 22 33 49 69 82 102 Sect . VII . - On the Savage and Civilized State of Man ... 112 PART II . ON THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION , BOTH.
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... art , it is necessary to consider , besides the art abstractedly in itself , the materials with which it is provided . For want of this it happens , that our most in- genious projects seldom succeed to the ex- tent of our expectations ...
... art , it is necessary to consider , besides the art abstractedly in itself , the materials with which it is provided . For want of this it happens , that our most in- genious projects seldom succeed to the ex- tent of our expectations ...
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... art is limited in its effects by the subject ' on which it operates , namely , man , his natural powers and moral dispositions . Some who have formed flattering ideas of their own species , are forward to charge the miseries of society ...
... art is limited in its effects by the subject ' on which it operates , namely , man , his natural powers and moral dispositions . Some who have formed flattering ideas of their own species , are forward to charge the miseries of society ...
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... art my hope , and to fine gold , thou art my confidence ! This I take to be a just sketch of human nature in general ; for there are doubtless many individual exceptions . All young men are not equally addicted to pleasure ; some lean ...
... art my hope , and to fine gold , thou art my confidence ! This I take to be a just sketch of human nature in general ; for there are doubtless many individual exceptions . All young men are not equally addicted to pleasure ; some lean ...
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... art to supplant him ; and if compelled to own his superiority , he will accompany the acknowledgment with every circumstance of invidious dero- gation . Nor is competition for wealth or pleasure less disparaging and injurious than ...
... art to supplant him ; and if compelled to own his superiority , he will accompany the acknowledgment with every circumstance of invidious dero- gation . Nor is competition for wealth or pleasure less disparaging and injurious than ...
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