Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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... passions , which is frequently the case of political subjects and discussions . The debates of senates , the councils of princes , the arrangements of war and peace , are matters of so great a sound , and carry in their front such a ...
... passions , which is frequently the case of political subjects and discussions . The debates of senates , the councils of princes , the arrangements of war and peace , are matters of so great a sound , and carry in their front such a ...
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... passions in general , are wonderfully promoted by this illusory power , which , by a silent and rapid progress , often gains a dangerous ascendancy before reason has acquired strength to resist its course . When the season of youth ...
... passions in general , are wonderfully promoted by this illusory power , which , by a silent and rapid progress , often gains a dangerous ascendancy before reason has acquired strength to resist its course . When the season of youth ...
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... passions ! Under this head may be ranked the love of ease ; a principle of such deep root in human nature , that persons of the most active disposition are not entirely exempt from its influence , while over some others it reigns with ...
... passions ! Under this head may be ranked the love of ease ; a principle of such deep root in human nature , that persons of the most active disposition are not entirely exempt from its influence , while over some others it reigns with ...
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... passions . Nor is this spirit of pride and domination confined to social or political life ; it invades the retreats of the learned , and kindles intellectual war among grammarians and critics , historians and poets , philosophers and ...
... passions . Nor is this spirit of pride and domination confined to social or political life ; it invades the retreats of the learned , and kindles intellectual war among grammarians and critics , historians and poets , philosophers and ...
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... passion itself . Many cringe to a man in power only to rival or supplant him ; or , if their ambition soar not so high , they seek a compensation for the indignities they encounter , in the conse- quence derived from an access to great ...
... passion itself . Many cringe to a man in power only to rival or supplant him ; or , if their ambition soar not so high , they seek a compensation for the indignities they encounter , in the conse- quence derived from an access to great ...
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