Sketches of the History of Man, Volume 3A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... understanding , must fee " how abfurdly it is applied . So ufelefs " indeed is this heavy tax , and fo wretch- " ed its difpofition , that it is a question , " whether the poor or rich are actually 66 66 66 66 66 66 more diffatisfied ...
... understanding , must fee " how abfurdly it is applied . So ufelefs " indeed is this heavy tax , and fo wretch- " ed its difpofition , that it is a question , " whether the poor or rich are actually 66 66 66 66 66 66 more diffatisfied ...
Page 177
... understanding , by what means the ftones , or rather great rocks , employ'd in that building , were brought from the quarry . One of these ftones , measured by Acosta , was thirty feet in length , eighteen in breadth , and fix in ...
... understanding , by what means the ftones , or rather great rocks , employ'd in that building , were brought from the quarry . One of these ftones , measured by Acosta , was thirty feet in length , eighteen in breadth , and fix in ...
Page 191
... , That every thing which begins * It has been wifely observed , that truth is the fame to the understanding that mufic is to the car , or beauty to the eye . to to exist must have a caufe ; That every ef- 1 Sk . I. 1 . 191 Reafon .
... , That every thing which begins * It has been wifely observed , that truth is the fame to the understanding that mufic is to the car , or beauty to the eye . to to exist must have a caufe ; That every ef- 1 Sk . I. 1 . 191 Reafon .
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... understanding , at the fame time , is among the illiterate obfequious to paffion and prepoffeffion ; and among them the imagination acts without control , form- ing conclufions often no better than mere dreams . In fhort , confidering ...
... understanding , at the fame time , is among the illiterate obfequious to paffion and prepoffeffion ; and among them the imagination acts without control , form- ing conclufions often no better than mere dreams . In fhort , confidering ...
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... - lently difputed , whether the Americans had so much understanding as to be ad- mitted to the facraments of the church . G g 2 In In the 1440 , the Portuguese folicited the Pope's permiffion Sk . I. 2 . 235 Reafon .
... - lently difputed , whether the Americans had so much understanding as to be ad- mitted to the facraments of the church . G g 2 In In the 1440 , the Portuguese folicited the Pope's permiffion Sk . I. 2 . 235 Reafon .
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