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... mankind ; whence it comes to pass , that as many monstrous and absurd productions are found in the moral as in the intellectual world . How surprising is it to observe among the least culpable men some whose minds are attracted by ...
... mankind ; whence it comes to pass , that as many monstrous and absurd productions are found in the moral as in the intellectual world . How surprising is it to observe among the least culpable men some whose minds are attracted by ...
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... mankind . His actions , which were generally precipitate , were often blameable ; but his writings , being the productions of study , uniformly tended to the exaltation of the mind , and the propagation of morality and piety . These ...
... mankind . His actions , which were generally precipitate , were often blameable ; but his writings , being the productions of study , uniformly tended to the exaltation of the mind , and the propagation of morality and piety . These ...
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... mankind , and endeavoured to suppress that pride which inclines men to imagine that right is the consequence of power . His description of the various miseries which force men to seek for refuge in distant countries , affords another ...
... mankind , and endeavoured to suppress that pride which inclines men to imagine that right is the consequence of power . His description of the various miseries which force men to seek for refuge in distant countries , affords another ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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