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... thofe learned Foreigners who are the Authors of new Differtations , or other curious Papers , published in the MEMOIRS and TRANSACTIONS of the Scientific ACADEMIES on the Continent , and alfo for the Titles of thofe Differtations , & c ...
... thofe learned Foreigners who are the Authors of new Differtations , or other curious Papers , published in the MEMOIRS and TRANSACTIONS of the Scientific ACADEMIES on the Continent , and alfo for the Titles of thofe Differtations , & c ...
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... thofe afcribed to him by Salluft , may be found the fubftance of almost all thofe arguments and reflections which have been ever fince fo fre- quently employed to raise the confequence of the people , and to de- preciate the nobility ...
... thofe afcribed to him by Salluft , may be found the fubftance of almost all thofe arguments and reflections which have been ever fince fo fre- quently employed to raise the confequence of the people , and to de- preciate the nobility ...
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... thofe difcuffions to which an affimilation of antient with recent tranfactions has led him ; and probably , to a large number of readers , the fentiments which he expreffes on thefe occafions will be congenial , and meet with ...
... thofe difcuffions to which an affimilation of antient with recent tranfactions has led him ; and probably , to a large number of readers , the fentiments which he expreffes on thefe occafions will be congenial , and meet with ...
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... thofe ftraits by which he paffed , north - wefterly , out of the Atlantic into the Northern Ocean , the Straits of Labrador ; and thofe by which he passed , fouth - westerly , out of the Northern Ocean into the Pacific , the Straits of ...
... thofe ftraits by which he paffed , north - wefterly , out of the Atlantic into the Northern Ocean , the Straits of Labrador ; and thofe by which he passed , fouth - westerly , out of the Northern Ocean into the Pacific , the Straits of ...
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... thofe formidable beings , called critics , armed with teeth and claws , as all critics are , introduces himself with Sir ! in the first edition of Wytfliet , publifhed in 1598 , " the Straits of Anian are inferted , with the name at ...
... thofe formidable beings , called critics , armed with teeth and claws , as all critics are , introduces himself with Sir ! in the first edition of Wytfliet , publifhed in 1598 , " the Straits of Anian are inferted , with the name at ...
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Page 345 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 408 - A great multitude of people are continually talking of the Law of Nature; and then they go on giving you their sentiments about what is right and what is wrong: and these sentiments, you are to understand, are so many chapters and sections of the Law of Nature.
Page 301 - Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.
Page 452 - But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life.
Page 408 - The fairest and openest of them all is that sort of man who speaks out, and says, I am of the number of the Elect: now God himself takes care to inform the Elect what is right: and that with so good effect, that let them strive ever so, they cannot help not only knowing it but practising it.
Page 409 - Unnatural, is as good a word as moral sense, or common sense; and would be as good a foundation for a system. Such an act is unnatural; that is, repugnant to nature: for I do not like to practise it: and, consequently, do not practise it. It is therefore repugnant to what ought to be the nature of every body else.
Page 551 - Thirteen governments thus founded on the natural authority of the people alone, without a pretence of miracle or mystery, and which are destined to spread over the northern part of that whole quarter of the globe, are a great point gained in favor of the rights of mankind.
Page 303 - When a man attempts to combat the principle of utility, it is with reasons drawn, without his being aware of it, from that very principle itself.
Page 304 - Admitting any other principle than the principle of utility to be a right principle, a principle that it is right for a man to pursue; admitting (what is not true) that the word right can have a meaning without reference to utility, let him say whether...
Page 147 - Cole aim has been to mention, with freedom and impartiality, the writers on all fides of the different queftions, that hereby the mind of the ftudent may be fully enlarged, and that he may be able, with the greater advantage, to profecute his fearches after truth.