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... sense to discover the excellency of reli- gion ; it being evident those men are no witches , nor likely to be guilty of any deep design , who proclaim aloud to the world , that they have less motives to honesty than the rest of their ...
... sense to discover the excellency of reli- gion ; it being evident those men are no witches , nor likely to be guilty of any deep design , who proclaim aloud to the world , that they have less motives to honesty than the rest of their ...
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... senses , and strong passions ? What a deluge of lust , and fraud , and violence , would in a little time overflow the whole nation , if these wise advocates for morality were universally hearkened to ! Lastly , opportunities do ...
... senses , and strong passions ? What a deluge of lust , and fraud , and violence , would in a little time overflow the whole nation , if these wise advocates for morality were universally hearkened to ! Lastly , opportunities do ...
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... sense of another state ? The thought , that our existence terminates with this life , ' doth naturally check the soul in any generous pursuit , contract her views , and fix them on temporary and selfish ends . It dethrones the reason ...
... sense of another state ? The thought , that our existence terminates with this life , ' doth naturally check the soul in any generous pursuit , contract her views , and fix them on temporary and selfish ends . It dethrones the reason ...
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... sense , and wild courses of passions , that cast him from the degree in which Providence had placed him ; the debasing himself with qualifications not his own ; and his degenerating into a lower sphere of action . This inspired me with ...
... sense , and wild courses of passions , that cast him from the degree in which Providence had placed him ; the debasing himself with qualifications not his own ; and his degenerating into a lower sphere of action . This inspired me with ...
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... sense and virtue ) that no man can love her as he ought , who can deny any thing her parents demand . 4. Carrying on the affair by letters and confi- dants , without sufficient interviews . I think you cannot fail obliging many in the ...
... sense and virtue ) that no man can love her as he ought , who can deny any thing her parents demand . 4. Carrying on the affair by letters and confi- dants , without sufficient interviews . I think you cannot fail obliging many in the ...
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