Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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Page 44
... called in question every opinion consecrated by the veneration , and every institution confirmed by the practice , of former ages . If men could have been taught wisdom by past example , by this time they would have learned , first , in ...
... called in question every opinion consecrated by the veneration , and every institution confirmed by the practice , of former ages . If men could have been taught wisdom by past example , by this time they would have learned , first , in ...
Page 65
... called upon to sign the death - warrant of a criminal , he would exclaim ; Quam vellem nescire literas ! How happy if I could not write ! Yet this man , at length intoxicated with power , became a monster of profusion and cruelty ; his ...
... called upon to sign the death - warrant of a criminal , he would exclaim ; Quam vellem nescire literas ! How happy if I could not write ! Yet this man , at length intoxicated with power , became a monster of profusion and cruelty ; his ...
Page 108
... called modern philosophy , how far it has a tendency to promote the virtue and happiness of mankind , we may with probability judge from those dire effects of its influence which are yet fresh in our memories : -the extinction of ...
... called modern philosophy , how far it has a tendency to promote the virtue and happiness of mankind , we may with probability judge from those dire effects of its influence which are yet fresh in our memories : -the extinction of ...
Page 109
... called , or with that miserable sophistry , which is the disgrace , and has proved the sorest calamity of the present age . Or , as if it was meant to censure any ingenious art , while it maintains its proper rank , and seeks to improve ...
... called , or with that miserable sophistry , which is the disgrace , and has proved the sorest calamity of the present age . Or , as if it was meant to censure any ingenious art , while it maintains its proper rank , and seeks to improve ...
Page 136
... called Fagfour or Fan- four , the son of heaven , ( as we are told by the Jesuits ) from his pretensions to that relation . The royal com- mentaries of Peru inform us , that the founders of that empire were Mango Copac and his wife and ...
... called Fagfour or Fan- four , the son of heaven , ( as we are told by the Jesuits ) from his pretensions to that relation . The royal com- mentaries of Peru inform us , that the founders of that empire were Mango Copac and his wife and ...
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