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... , and little is considered as deserving the name of knowledge , which will not stand the test of experiment , the very use of the term experimental in religious not suppress . concernments is by too many unhappily rejected vi PREFACE .
... , and little is considered as deserving the name of knowledge , which will not stand the test of experiment , the very use of the term experimental in religious not suppress . concernments is by too many unhappily rejected vi PREFACE .
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... stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim , That , tell you so - say , rather , they for him . That were indeed a king - ennobling thought , Could they , or would they , reason as they ought . The diadem , with mighty ...
... stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim , That , tell you so - say , rather , they for him . That were indeed a king - ennobling thought , Could they , or would they , reason as they ought . The diadem , with mighty ...
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... stand or fall . B. True . While they live , the courtly laureat pays His quitrent ode , his peppercorn of praise ... standing as if struck to stone , While condescending majesty looks on ! - If monarchy consist in such base things ...
... stand or fall . B. True . While they live , the courtly laureat pays His quitrent ode , his peppercorn of praise ... standing as if struck to stone , While condescending majesty looks on ! - If monarchy consist in such base things ...
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... standing still , Or doing nothing with a deal of skill ; Generals , who will not conquer when they may , Firm friends to peace , to pleasure , and good pay ; When Freedom , wounded almost to despair , Though Discontent alone can find ...
... standing still , Or doing nothing with a deal of skill ; Generals , who will not conquer when they may , Firm friends to peace , to pleasure , and good pay ; When Freedom , wounded almost to despair , Though Discontent alone can find ...
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... Stand on a level ; and you prove too much : If all men indiscriminately share His fostering power , and tutelary care , As well be yoked by Despotism's hand , As dwell at large in Britain's charter'd land . B. No. Freedom has a thousand ...
... Stand on a level ; and you prove too much : If all men indiscriminately share His fostering power , and tutelary care , As well be yoked by Despotism's hand , As dwell at large in Britain's charter'd land . B. No. Freedom has a thousand ...
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