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Page 23
... morals , and philoso- phy is also very interesting , and in nothing more valuable than in the discomfiture of that dogmatic spirit which is so inimical at once to mutual charity and general im- provement . The real purpose of Bayle ...
... morals , and philoso- phy is also very interesting , and in nothing more valuable than in the discomfiture of that dogmatic spirit which is so inimical at once to mutual charity and general im- provement . The real purpose of Bayle ...
Page 85
... morals , is punishment , not recompense ; and damages paid as a fine would no longer ap- pear incongruous . It must be confessed , however , that in this case the discrepancy between form and fact is of no great moment . - Ed ...
... morals , is punishment , not recompense ; and damages paid as a fine would no longer ap- pear incongruous . It must be confessed , however , that in this case the discrepancy between form and fact is of no great moment . - Ed ...
Page 88
... succeed in their pernicious designs . But if the party who gives such lessons of morality , soon after forms an enterprise of consequence , and sees it $ 8 ADVERSITY AND PROSPERITY . The inconstancy of men's reasonings with respect to ...
... succeed in their pernicious designs . But if the party who gives such lessons of morality , soon after forms an enterprise of consequence , and sees it $ 8 ADVERSITY AND PROSPERITY . The inconstancy of men's reasonings with respect to ...
Page 89
... morality of the Bar did not deem it a scandal in those days for a lawyer to say and unsay things in favour of his client . The precautions of this advocate are ne- cessary for persons of his profession , and yet not always sufficient to ...
... morality of the Bar did not deem it a scandal in those days for a lawyer to say and unsay things in favour of his client . The precautions of this advocate are ne- cessary for persons of his profession , and yet not always sufficient to ...
Page 103
... enjoy perfect liberty . They rebaptized their fol- lowers ; and to make this practice the more current , they taught that infant baptism was null . They however insisted much on rigid morality , and re- commended 64 AMPHIARAUS . 103.
... enjoy perfect liberty . They rebaptized their fol- lowers ; and to make this practice the more current , they taught that infant baptism was null . They however insisted much on rigid morality , and re- commended 64 AMPHIARAUS . 103.
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