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Page 53
... These three rings were the Jewish , Chriftian , and Mahometan religions . It is , moreover , an imitation of the history of Mero and Enegu , by Fonte- nelle * . Mero was the anagram of Rome , and Enegu of Geneva . These two fifters ...
... These three rings were the Jewish , Chriftian , and Mahometan religions . It is , moreover , an imitation of the history of Mero and Enegu , by Fonte- nelle * . Mero was the anagram of Rome , and Enegu of Geneva . These two fifters ...
Page 95
... these wants feem not afhamed to affect a right of independency , and deny them- felves to be by nature fociable ; where would their fhame have been , had nature otherwise supplied these wants ? What duty or obligation had been ever ...
... these wants feem not afhamed to affect a right of independency , and deny them- felves to be by nature fociable ; where would their fhame have been , had nature otherwise supplied these wants ? What duty or obligation had been ever ...
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... these three couplets , contains as cutting and bitter ftrokes of fatire , as per- haps can be written . Ir is with difficulty we can forgive our author for upbraiding these wretched fcrib- blers for their poverty and distresses , if we ...
... these three couplets , contains as cutting and bitter ftrokes of fatire , as per- haps can be written . Ir is with difficulty we can forgive our author for upbraiding these wretched fcrib- blers for their poverty and distresses , if we ...
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