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... tion , than have proposed to them , by their editors after it . I have thrown together , in this work , that which is the result of some reading and reflection ; if it be but little , I have taken care that the volume which contains it ...
... tion , than have proposed to them , by their editors after it . I have thrown together , in this work , that which is the result of some reading and reflection ; if it be but little , I have taken care that the volume which contains it ...
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... tion in an empty head , than the most superficial declamation ; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum . The following pages , such as they are , have cost me some thought to write , and they may possibly IV ...
... tion in an empty head , than the most superficial declamation ; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum . The following pages , such as they are , have cost me some thought to write , and they may possibly IV ...
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... tion , if all who cannot put fire into their works , would only consent to put their works into the fire . But this is an age of economy , as well as of illumi- nation , and a considerate author will not rashly condemn his volumes to ...
... tion , if all who cannot put fire into their works , would only consent to put their works into the fire . But this is an age of economy , as well as of illumi- nation , and a considerate author will not rashly condemn his volumes to ...
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... knew mankind , and mankind are ever the same . No revolu tion has taken place in the body , nor in the mind . Four thousand years ago , men shivered with frost , and panted with heat , were cold in their gratitude xii PREFACE .
... knew mankind , and mankind are ever the same . No revolu tion has taken place in the body , nor in the mind . Four thousand years ago , men shivered with frost , and panted with heat , were cold in their gratitude xii PREFACE .
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... tion ; who , turning up the whites of his eyes , and seeking the Lord with pious gestures , will weep and pray , and cant most devoutly , till an op- portunity offers of dealing his dupe a knock - down blow under the short ribs ...
... tion ; who , turning up the whites of his eyes , and seeking the Lord with pious gestures , will weep and pray , and cant most devoutly , till an op- portunity offers of dealing his dupe a knock - down blow under the short ribs ...
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