Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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Page 14
... less pain than the torture of a limb ; for the most vital parts are not the quickest of sense : and by him that spake only as a philosopher and natural man , as was well said , " Pompa mortis magis terret , quam mors ipsa . " Groans ...
... less pain than the torture of a limb ; for the most vital parts are not the quickest of sense : and by him that spake only as a philosopher and natural man , as was well said , " Pompa mortis magis terret , quam mors ipsa . " Groans ...
Page 15
... less worthy to observe , how little alteration in good spirits the approaches of death make ; for they appear to be the same men till the last instant . Augustus Cæsar died in a compliment : " Livia , conjugii nostri memor , vive et ...
... less worthy to observe , how little alteration in good spirits the approaches of death make ; for they appear to be the same men till the last instant . Augustus Cæsar died in a compliment : " Livia , conjugii nostri memor , vive et ...
Page 18
... less partially , it would be embraced more generally . Of this I may give only this advice , according to my small model . Men ought to take heed of rending God's church by two kinds of contro- versies ; the one is , when the matter of ...
... less partially , it would be embraced more generally . Of this I may give only this advice , according to my small model . Men ought to take heed of rending God's church by two kinds of contro- versies ; the one is , when the matter of ...
Page 20
... less to nourish seditions ; to authorize conspira- cies and rebellions ; to put the sword into the people's hands , and the like , tending to the sub- version of all government , which is the ordi- nance of God ; for this is but to dash ...
... less to nourish seditions ; to authorize conspira- cies and rebellions ; to put the sword into the people's hands , and the like , tending to the sub- version of all government , which is the ordi- nance of God ; for this is but to dash ...
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... less in- genuously confessed , that those which held and persuaded pressure of consciences were com- monly interested therein themselves for their own ends . IV . OF REVENGE . REVENGE is a kind of OF UNITY IN RELIGION . 21.
... less in- genuously confessed , that those which held and persuaded pressure of consciences were com- monly interested therein themselves for their own ends . IV . OF REVENGE . REVENGE is a kind of OF UNITY IN RELIGION . 21.
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