Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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Page vii
... reasons there are for con- tentment under any moderate government , and to enforce a due regard and submission to the actual government under which we live ; and , lastly , ( seeing the effects of political wisdom , in its greatest ...
... reasons there are for con- tentment under any moderate government , and to enforce a due regard and submission to the actual government under which we live ; and , lastly , ( seeing the effects of political wisdom , in its greatest ...
Page xi
... reason why it is not better ; and he trusts it may induce the reader's favourable allowance , that , in- stead of a bold demand upon his justice , he thus comes forward with a modest appeal to his candour and generosity . But though the ...
... reason why it is not better ; and he trusts it may induce the reader's favourable allowance , that , in- stead of a bold demand upon his justice , he thus comes forward with a modest appeal to his candour and generosity . But though the ...
Page 4
... benevolence , and directed by reason and justice ; or how much the happiness of so- ciety might be advanced and secured , if rulers were always wise and patriotic , and subjects cheerfully 4 [ PART I. General Sketch of Man .
... benevolence , and directed by reason and justice ; or how much the happiness of so- ciety might be advanced and secured , if rulers were always wise and patriotic , and subjects cheerfully 4 [ PART I. General Sketch of Man .
Page 5
... reason or choice , and the infant flies to his mother's breast at the single impulse of na- ture , as the young of other animals to the dug ; or , if deprived of his proper nourish- ment , he manifests the same kind of un- easiness ...
... reason or choice , and the infant flies to his mother's breast at the single impulse of na- ture , as the young of other animals to the dug ; or , if deprived of his proper nourish- ment , he manifests the same kind of un- easiness ...
Page 6
... reason has acquired strength to resist its course . When the season of youth arrives , in which nature inflames the imagination , and is inflamed by it to the highest degree , the love of pleasure commonly works with im- petuous ...
... reason has acquired strength to resist its course . When the season of youth arrives , in which nature inflames the imagination , and is inflamed by it to the highest degree , the love of pleasure commonly works with im- petuous ...
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