Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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... govern the term , the term in effect governeth the meaning . There be also two false peaces , or unities : the one , when the peace is grounded but upon an implicit ignorance ; for all colours will agree in the dark : the other , when ...
... govern the term , the term in effect governeth the meaning . There be also two false peaces , or unities : the one , when the peace is grounded but upon an implicit ignorance ; for all colours will agree in the dark : the other , when ...
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... government , which is the ordi- nance of God ; for this is but to dash the first table against the second ; and so to consider men as Christians , as we forget that they are men . Lucretius the poet , when he beheld the act of Agamemnon ...
... government , which is the ordi- nance of God ; for this is but to dash the first table against the second ; and so to consider men as Christians , as we forget that they are men . Lucretius the poet , when he beheld the act of Agamemnon ...
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... govern- ments ? Surely this is to bring down the Holy Ghost , instead of the likeness of a dove , in the shape of a vulture or raven ; and to set out of the bark of a Christian church a flag of a bark of pirates and assassins ...
... govern- ments ? Surely this is to bring down the Holy Ghost , instead of the likeness of a dove , in the shape of a vulture or raven ; and to set out of the bark of a Christian church a flag of a bark of pirates and assassins ...
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... govern- ment , and not to balance the scale ; for he that casteth in religion only to make the scales even , his own weight is contained in those characters , " Mene mene , tekel upharsin , ” " He is found too light , his kingdom shall ...
... govern- ment , and not to balance the scale ; for he that casteth in religion only to make the scales even , his own weight is contained in those characters , " Mene mene , tekel upharsin , ” " He is found too light , his kingdom shall ...
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... government is ever dangerous ; it being true in the body politic as in the corporal , that " omnis subita immutatio est periculosa : " and though it be for the better , yet it is not without a fearful apprehension ; for he that changeth ...
... government is ever dangerous ; it being true in the body politic as in the corporal , that " omnis subita immutatio est periculosa : " and though it be for the better , yet it is not without a fearful apprehension ; for he that changeth ...
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