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... seems more probable that they relate to canonical obedience . I know not any of the Articles which seem to thwart his opinions : but the thoughts of obedience , whether canonical or civil , raised his indignation . His unwillingness to ...
... seems more probable that they relate to canonical obedience . I know not any of the Articles which seem to thwart his opinions : but the thoughts of obedience , whether canonical or civil , raised his indignation . His unwillingness to ...
Page 313
... seems to have been peculiarly formed : Let envy then those crimes within you see , From which the happy never must be free ; Envy that does with misery reside , The joy and the revenge of ruin'd pride . Into this poem he seems to have ...
... seems to have been peculiarly formed : Let envy then those crimes within you see , From which the happy never must be free ; Envy that does with misery reside , The joy and the revenge of ruin'd pride . Into this poem he seems to have ...
Page 406
... seems to have a better claim to longevity . The fable is drawn from an obscure and barbarous age , to which fictions are most easily and properly adapted ; for when objects are imperfectly seen , they easily take forms from imagina ...
... seems to have a better claim to longevity . The fable is drawn from an obscure and barbarous age , to which fictions are most easily and properly adapted ; for when objects are imperfectly seen , they easily take forms from imagina ...
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