Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects: Part III. ... By Jeremy Collier, M.A.George Strahan, 1720 - 108 pages |
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... Reasons to prove it fo . And therefore if the Reader's ill entertain'd , the barrenness of the Author , and not of the Argu- ment , is to answer for't . To be fomewhat particular : The Business of these Papers is to A 2 fupport i ...
... Reasons to prove it fo . And therefore if the Reader's ill entertain'd , the barrenness of the Author , and not of the Argu- ment , is to answer for't . To be fomewhat particular : The Business of these Papers is to A 2 fupport i ...
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... reason , and for the sake of Variety , some of them are treated in a continu'd Difcourfe . With regard to the additional Performance , I fhall only throw in a word or two concerning the Age and Character of the Authors tranflated . St ...
... reason , and for the sake of Variety , some of them are treated in a continu'd Difcourfe . With regard to the additional Performance , I fhall only throw in a word or two concerning the Age and Character of the Authors tranflated . St ...
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... reason to com- plain of the Rigours of Providence , for Life has generally an apparent Over- balance of Advantage . And upon a Computation we fhall find the Total of Satisfaction much greater than that of Inconvenience : Which ...
... reason to com- plain of the Rigours of Providence , for Life has generally an apparent Over- balance of Advantage . And upon a Computation we fhall find the Total of Satisfaction much greater than that of Inconvenience : Which ...
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... Reason , particular Grievances are referr❜d to publick Confideration , and the Arbitrage of Authority ; to Perfons of Character , of Knowledge , and Indif- ferency : And private Revenge is difal- lowed both in Government and Religion ...
... Reason , particular Grievances are referr❜d to publick Confideration , and the Arbitrage of Authority ; to Perfons of Character , of Knowledge , and Indif- ferency : And private Revenge is difal- lowed both in Government and Religion ...
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... Reason to guard , or Strength to endure the Blow . Whereas Fortitude , and Greatnefs of Mind , makes a Man almost invulnerable . This fences off the Stroke , turns the Edge of an Affront , and stupifies the Pain . They are generally ...
... Reason to guard , or Strength to endure the Blow . Whereas Fortitude , and Greatnefs of Mind , makes a Man almost invulnerable . This fences off the Stroke , turns the Edge of an Affront , and stupifies the Pain . They are generally ...
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