Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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... Examples frequently displayed in a hostile Pe- riod ; -and from the general Vanity and Unimportance of the World .............. Sect . V. - Relieving Considerations , amidst the many literary , political , and religious Contentions that ...
... Examples frequently displayed in a hostile Pe- riod ; -and from the general Vanity and Unimportance of the World .............. Sect . V. - Relieving Considerations , amidst the many literary , political , and religious Contentions that ...
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... sophy or temperament , or from both in con- junction , have made a like preference ; and even in the present period of bustle and agitation , examples are not wanting of the same indolent SECT . I. ] General Sketch of Man . 9.
... sophy or temperament , or from both in con- junction , have made a like preference ; and even in the present period of bustle and agitation , examples are not wanting of the same indolent SECT . I. ] General Sketch of Man . 9.
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Ely Bates. agitation , examples are not wanting of the same indolent and inglorious character . II . The next great principle by which man is actuated is the love of consequence , or of appearing considerable in the eyes of the world ...
Ely Bates. agitation , examples are not wanting of the same indolent and inglorious character . II . The next great principle by which man is actuated is the love of consequence , or of appearing considerable in the eyes of the world ...
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... examples can be produced of a lasting friendly union between two private indi- viduals , without a tacit demand of supe- riority on the one part , and a generous compliance with it on the other . The assertion therefore of some , that a ...
... examples can be produced of a lasting friendly union between two private indi- viduals , without a tacit demand of supe- riority on the one part , and a generous compliance with it on the other . The assertion therefore of some , that a ...
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... example in our own country , where , in spite of many dis- couraging statutes * , it prevails to an alarm- ing degree , defeating every provision of law by a principle of false honour , which has often a strange influence with men who ...
... example in our own country , where , in spite of many dis- couraging statutes * , it prevails to an alarm- ing degree , defeating every provision of law by a principle of false honour , which has often a strange influence with men who ...
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