British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... morality and human happiness . Jupiter himself set an example of lust ; and Bacchus was worshipped with cruel and obscene re- vellings . Many , however , of the heathen writers condemned this part of their theology ; among which are ...
... morality and human happiness . Jupiter himself set an example of lust ; and Bacchus was worshipped with cruel and obscene re- vellings . Many , however , of the heathen writers condemned this part of their theology ; among which are ...
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... moral evil ; let the child be led into the very jaws of dan- ger , and taught the method of deliberate retreat , that he may not faint before sha- dows , and magnify fancies into gulfs of destruction . Parents , nurses , and ignorant ...
... moral evil ; let the child be led into the very jaws of dan- ger , and taught the method of deliberate retreat , that he may not faint before sha- dows , and magnify fancies into gulfs of destruction . Parents , nurses , and ignorant ...
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... moral rectitude with politi cal integrity . Such a character is seldom found in any country ; but the specious appearance of it is to be seen every where , most especially in Europe . It is difficult to say how far the term can be used ...
... moral rectitude with politi cal integrity . Such a character is seldom found in any country ; but the specious appearance of it is to be seen every where , most especially in Europe . It is difficult to say how far the term can be used ...
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... moral and mental character of others , it is more or less essential ; for it discloses the nature of our influence over their minds , and the best mode of exer- cising it , so as to bring their various fa- culties into the best adjusted ...
... moral and mental character of others , it is more or less essential ; for it discloses the nature of our influence over their minds , and the best mode of exer- cising it , so as to bring their various fa- culties into the best adjusted ...
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... moral science , in natural philosophy , and in a professional knowledge of the hu- man frame , with a mind unobscured by selfish tendencies , he was enabled to bring into one extensive system the pro- gress of the mind , from its first ...
... moral science , in natural philosophy , and in a professional knowledge of the hu- man frame , with a mind unobscured by selfish tendencies , he was enabled to bring into one extensive system the pro- gress of the mind , from its first ...
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