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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... sense , that the consistency of a narra- tion is one mark of its truth ; but this great divine will teach you , that the inconsistency , not the consistency , is such a mark . Moses , he says , is so inconsistent with himself , that he ...
... sense , that the consistency of a narra- tion is one mark of its truth ; but this great divine will teach you , that the inconsistency , not the consistency , is such a mark . Moses , he says , is so inconsistent with himself , that he ...
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... sense in it . The truth is , that ignorance and superstition , pride , injustice , and barbarity were the peculiar characteristics of this people of sages and philosophers . The principles of their religion formed them to every part of ...
... sense in it . The truth is , that ignorance and superstition , pride , injustice , and barbarity were the peculiar characteristics of this people of sages and philosophers . The principles of their religion formed them to every part of ...
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... sense . In short , this doctrine does not appear to have prevailed amongst them , till they became acquainted with Greek philosophy , and instead of lending to Plato , borrowed from him . This pretended mark of divinity may be ascribed ...
... sense . In short , this doctrine does not appear to have prevailed amongst them , till they became acquainted with Greek philosophy , and instead of lending to Plato , borrowed from him . This pretended mark of divinity may be ascribed ...
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... sense . In order to make good his grant to Abraham of the land of Canaan , he orders the posterity of this patriarch to con- quer it , and to exterminate the inhabitants . Just so the leaders of Huns , of Goths , and Vandals , might ...
... sense . In order to make good his grant to Abraham of the land of Canaan , he orders the posterity of this patriarch to con- quer it , and to exterminate the inhabitants . Just so the leaders of Huns , of Goths , and Vandals , might ...
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... sense is good , and what he recommends would be done , if the reasons that have been given did not stand in the way ; if the self - interest of some men , the madness of others , and the universal pride of the human heart , did not ...
... sense is good , and what he recommends would be done , if the reasons that have been given did not stand in the way ; if the self - interest of some men , the madness of others , and the universal pride of the human heart , did not ...
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