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Page 92
... mind , which naturally loves truth , is always most offended with the violations of those truths of which we are most certain ; and we of course conceive those facts most certain , which approach nearest to our own time . Out of this ...
... mind , which naturally loves truth , is always most offended with the violations of those truths of which we are most certain ; and we of course conceive those facts most certain , which approach nearest to our own time . Out of this ...
Page 191
... mind shrinks with disgust . The ideas of pleasure , even when criminal , may solicit the imagination ; but what has disease , deformity , and filth , upon which the thoughts can be allured to dwell ? Delany is willing to think that ...
... mind shrinks with disgust . The ideas of pleasure , even when criminal , may solicit the imagination ; but what has disease , deformity , and filth , upon which the thoughts can be allured to dwell ? Delany is willing to think that ...
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... mind , as makes him insensible of any excellence that has not some affinity with their own , and confines their esteem and approbation to so small a number , that whoever should form his opinion of the age from their representation ...
... mind , as makes him insensible of any excellence that has not some affinity with their own , and confines their esteem and approbation to so small a number , that whoever should form his opinion of the age from their representation ...
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