Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... reason with a frivolous age , lent its aid to overturn the defenceless fabric ; and for more than one generation , not one writer of note had appeared to maintain the hopeless cause . Voltaire and Diderot , d'Alembert and Raynal ...
... reason with a frivolous age , lent its aid to overturn the defenceless fabric ; and for more than one generation , not one writer of note had appeared to maintain the hopeless cause . Voltaire and Diderot , d'Alembert and Raynal ...
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... every engine which fancy , expe- rience , or poetry could suggest , to sway the hearts of his readers . He knew well that he was addressing an impas- sioned and volatile generation , upon whom reason would be CHATEAUBRIAND . 6.
... every engine which fancy , expe- rience , or poetry could suggest , to sway the hearts of his readers . He knew well that he was addressing an impas- sioned and volatile generation , upon whom reason would be CHATEAUBRIAND . 6.
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Archibald Alison. sioned and volatile generation , upon whom reason would be thrown away , if not enforced with ... reasons ; but what you must begin with is , an inducement to read your book . What is most needed is a popular work on ...
Archibald Alison. sioned and volatile generation , upon whom reason would be thrown away , if not enforced with ... reasons ; but what you must begin with is , an inducement to read your book . What is most needed is a popular work on ...
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... reason and the passions of man ; to show how it has modified the genius of arts and of letters , moulded the spirit of modern nations ; in a word , to unfold all the marvels which religion has wrought in the regions of poetry , morality ...
... reason and the passions of man ; to show how it has modified the genius of arts and of letters , moulded the spirit of modern nations ; in a word , to unfold all the marvels which religion has wrought in the regions of poetry , morality ...
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... reasons for its indis- solubility , our author presents us with the following beautiful observations : - " Habit and a long life together are more necessary to happiness , and even to love , than is generally imagined . No one is happy ...
... reasons for its indis- solubility , our author presents us with the following beautiful observations : - " Habit and a long life together are more necessary to happiness , and even to love , than is generally imagined . No one is happy ...
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