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... human Conftitution ; in the nature of things , that could not be the question . Suppose he addref fed himself to Gentlemen who were not friendly to our Constitution , and who thought that we should be hap- pier under a Republic ; he ...
... human Conftitution ; in the nature of things , that could not be the question . Suppose he addref fed himself to Gentlemen who were not friendly to our Constitution , and who thought that we should be hap- pier under a Republic ; he ...
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... human gc- nius , appear to have been written , from first to laft , without effort , as if they had been dictated by fome fuperior intelligence . There is rea- fon to believe , that they would have appeared , even had the human un ...
... human gc- nius , appear to have been written , from first to laft , without effort , as if they had been dictated by fome fuperior intelligence . There is rea- fon to believe , that they would have appeared , even had the human un ...
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... human mind ; the labour of many years . wrote a thousand years ago , and yet , with all our philofophy , with all our moral difcoveries , we cannot boast of hav- knowledge of human nature . He must have poffeffed almoft fu- pernatural ...
... human mind ; the labour of many years . wrote a thousand years ago , and yet , with all our philofophy , with all our moral difcoveries , we cannot boast of hav- knowledge of human nature . He must have poffeffed almoft fu- pernatural ...
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... human glory , The barbarians could not deftroy the influence of the Italian climate , which infpires a tafte for polite lite- rature , and a tenderness of foul . But I pafs over the ages of ignorance , and direct my hafty steps to thee ...
... human glory , The barbarians could not deftroy the influence of the Italian climate , which infpires a tafte for polite lite- rature , and a tenderness of foul . But I pafs over the ages of ignorance , and direct my hafty steps to thee ...
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... human debasement , while others poffefs the refinements of literature , moral excellence , and ease . The progrefs of knowledge has been compared to a river , which in its courfe paffing through a fubterra- neous cavern , is there for a ...
... human debasement , while others poffefs the refinements of literature , moral excellence , and ease . The progrefs of knowledge has been compared to a river , which in its courfe paffing through a fubterra- neous cavern , is there for a ...
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