Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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Page viii
... law , and of the law of na- tions , he might be led to eternal and immu- table morality ; and from the feebleness and imperfection of human government , to the perfection and potency of the di- vine . Should the reader be of a more ...
... law , and of the law of na- tions , he might be led to eternal and immu- table morality ; and from the feebleness and imperfection of human government , to the perfection and potency of the di- vine . Should the reader be of a more ...
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... laws , the expence of government , the corruption and incapacity of ministers , the inadequate representation of the people , the discourage- ment of commerce , and the want of gene- ral liberty and equality , are perversely re ...
... laws , the expence of government , the corruption and incapacity of ministers , the inadequate representation of the people , the discourage- ment of commerce , and the want of gene- ral liberty and equality , are perversely re ...
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... laws of sobriety and decency that are not adopted into the code of fashion , without forfeiting his character in the world . And yet such often is the madness of appetite , that it will brook no restraint whatever , divine or human ...
... laws of sobriety and decency that are not adopted into the code of fashion , without forfeiting his character in the world . And yet such often is the madness of appetite , that it will brook no restraint whatever , divine or human ...
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... law to the whole house . What Themistocles observed jestingly of his son , that " he was chief of the Greeks , by governing his mother , who governed him , who governed all the rest , " is too often realized within the circle of do ...
... law to the whole house . What Themistocles observed jestingly of his son , that " he was chief of the Greeks , by governing his mother , who governed him , who governed all the rest , " is too often realized within the circle of do ...
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... law where none oppress'd , The law of right was written in his breast : No suppliant crowds before the judge appear'd , No court erected yet , nor cause was heard ; But all was safe , for conscience was their guard . " DRYDEN . } Yet ...
... law where none oppress'd , The law of right was written in his breast : No suppliant crowds before the judge appear'd , No court erected yet , nor cause was heard ; But all was safe , for conscience was their guard . " DRYDEN . } Yet ...
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