The Works of Lord Bolingbroke: With a Life, Prepared Expressly for this Edition, Containing Additional Information Relative to His Personal and Public Character, Tom 3Carey and Hart, 1841 |
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... employed those of Greece to prove that the world had not begun very long be- fore the wars of Thebes and of Troy . The world had a begin- ning , says the Jew ; for there is neither history nor tradition more ancient than Moses ; and we ...
... employed those of Greece to prove that the world had not begun very long be- fore the wars of Thebes and of Troy . The world had a begin- ning , says the Jew ; for there is neither history nor tradition more ancient than Moses ; and we ...
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... employed against those atheists who assume that the world is eternal . But without being one of their number , I venture to say that this reasoning is frivolous , and founded on a supposition which the men , who make it , must know to ...
... employed against those atheists who assume that the world is eternal . But without being one of their number , I venture to say that this reasoning is frivolous , and founded on a supposition which the men , who make it , must know to ...
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... employ the same sort of reasoning , in this case , against the atheist , which the atheist employed against him in another ; that is , in the case of the commencement of arts and sciences ; he will put the atheist on proving that it ...
... employ the same sort of reasoning , in this case , against the atheist , which the atheist employed against him in another ; that is , in the case of the commencement of arts and sciences ; he will put the atheist on proving that it ...
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... employed against the atheist with whom we dispute at present . I ask no more , than that the same credit may be given to Moses , as we give to every other historian . Now this cannot be refused him reasonably , since he is quoted by the ...
... employed against the atheist with whom we dispute at present . I ask no more , than that the same credit may be given to Moses , as we give to every other historian . Now this cannot be refused him reasonably , since he is quoted by the ...
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... employed , divines may be indulged in the use of all the good and the bad indifferently , that they may give up no ... employ but a part of their strength ; tire them with impertinent paradoxes ; and provoke them by unjust reflections ...
... employed , divines may be indulged in the use of all the good and the bad indifferently , that they may give up no ... employ but a part of their strength ; tire them with impertinent paradoxes ; and provoke them by unjust reflections ...
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