Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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... means , especially when these happen to be such as are suited power- fully to strike the imagination , and interest the passions , which is frequently the case of political subjects and discussions . The debates of senates , the ...
... means , especially when these happen to be such as are suited power- fully to strike the imagination , and interest the passions , which is frequently the case of political subjects and discussions . The debates of senates , the ...
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... mean spy for appetite , or a suborned ad- , vocate to justify its excesses . Among the most celebrated heathen sages , we meet with few without a taint of gross depravity ; and what is a more awful illustration of this argument , he who ...
... mean spy for appetite , or a suborned ad- , vocate to justify its excesses . Among the most celebrated heathen sages , we meet with few without a taint of gross depravity ; and what is a more awful illustration of this argument , he who ...
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... in some system , however small and inconsiderable ; and if he cannot attain his object by fair and gentle means , is not ready to contend for it ? Hence it is that no political society , in which SECT . I. ] 11 General Sketch of Man .
... in some system , however small and inconsiderable ; and if he cannot attain his object by fair and gentle means , is not ready to contend for it ? Hence it is that no political society , in which SECT . I. ] 11 General Sketch of Man .
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... means which a wise policy would em- ploy to this purpose may be reckoned , the prevention of idleness ; the restraint of vice and luxury ; the encouragement of agricul- ture , and other manly occupations , in order to lessen the number ...
... means which a wise policy would em- ploy to this purpose may be reckoned , the prevention of idleness ; the restraint of vice and luxury ; the encouragement of agricul- ture , and other manly occupations , in order to lessen the number ...
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... as it too often is , by base or crooked means , and with no higher views than to advance a name , or promote some temporal interest , is certainly a vicious object of pursuit , and then 32 [ PART 1 . Of the immediate.
... as it too often is , by base or crooked means , and with no higher views than to advance a name , or promote some temporal interest , is certainly a vicious object of pursuit , and then 32 [ PART 1 . Of the immediate.
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