Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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Page 108
... received from it no sensible check or counteraction . And as to what is 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 ...
... received from it no sensible check or counteraction . And as to what is 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 ...
Page 113
... received to a hospi- table repast , instead of being devoured him- self , he will be disposed to requite them with the praise of every virtue that can adorn humanity . To appearances much less flattering than these , we are probably ...
... received to a hospi- table repast , instead of being devoured him- self , he will be disposed to requite them with the praise of every virtue that can adorn humanity . To appearances much less flattering than these , we are probably ...
Page 122
... as are a little raised above a state of penury , and whose understandings have received a de- gree of culture , may , perhaps , of all the various classes of mankind , justly be con- sidered as 122 [ PART I. Savage and Civilized.
... as are a little raised above a state of penury , and whose understandings have received a de- gree of culture , may , perhaps , of all the various classes of mankind , justly be con- sidered as 122 [ PART I. Savage and Civilized.
Page 146
... received ; yet among those who unhap- pily reject its overtures , whose pride is of fended by the humiliating terms it proposes , and their sensual passions by the purity of its precepts , it often occasions keen resent- . 1 ment ...
... received ; yet among those who unhap- pily reject its overtures , whose pride is of fended by the humiliating terms it proposes , and their sensual passions by the purity of its precepts , it often occasions keen resent- . 1 ment ...
Page 157
... received with still greater facility . That a servant ought to obey his master , a son his father , or a subject his prince ; or that a disobedient servant , an undutiful son , or a rebellious subject , deserves to be punished ; are ...
... received with still greater facility . That a servant ought to obey his master , a son his father , or a subject his prince ; or that a disobedient servant , an undutiful son , or a rebellious subject , deserves to be punished ; are ...
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