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Page 47
... pagan writers ? In the language of an anonymous writer , " Not to say that antiquity furnishes no exam- ple of a philosopher who could think like Newton ; or a moralist who could illustrate human obligation like Edwards or Johnson ; we ...
... pagan writers ? In the language of an anonymous writer , " Not to say that antiquity furnishes no exam- ple of a philosopher who could think like Newton ; or a moralist who could illustrate human obligation like Edwards or Johnson ; we ...
Page 66
... pagan world . Infidels have made themselves merry also at the minuteness of this code . And it may be , that there are some honest , but fastidious readers of the Old Testament whose delicacy has been wounded by those very recitals ...
... pagan world . Infidels have made themselves merry also at the minuteness of this code . And it may be , that there are some honest , but fastidious readers of the Old Testament whose delicacy has been wounded by those very recitals ...
Page 84
... Pagan , Mahomme- dan , or Antichristian country , where the genius of liberty has a dwelling place . She may at times have hovered over them , like the dove over the waste of waters , but like her , has found no rest for the sole of her ...
... Pagan , Mahomme- dan , or Antichristian country , where the genius of liberty has a dwelling place . She may at times have hovered over them , like the dove over the waste of waters , but like her , has found no rest for the sole of her ...
Page 86
... pagan nations , is strikingly displayed in their attachment to the cause of freedom . They were founded on a sound know- ledge of human nature , and such as the art and science of government rest upon every where . There was every ...
... pagan nations , is strikingly displayed in their attachment to the cause of freedom . They were founded on a sound know- ledge of human nature , and such as the art and science of government rest upon every where . There was every ...
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... pagan history , do you find the melancholy fact recorded of men who were condemned to the hemlock and the flames , because they would not worship at the shrine of idol gods ? The punishment decreed by the proud Nebuchadnezzar , that ...
... pagan history , do you find the melancholy fact recorded of men who were condemned to the hemlock and the flames , because they would not worship at the shrine of idol gods ? The punishment decreed by the proud Nebuchadnezzar , that ...
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