Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects: Part III. ... By Jeremy Collier, M.A.George Strahan, 1720 - 108 pages |
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... grow out of this Disorder , nor pro- ceed from the Operation of these Causes by way of Phyfical Neceffity . For if Pain was the mere refult of Matter and Motion , the whole Creation would in all likelihood be a great Sufferer , and the ...
... grow out of this Disorder , nor pro- ceed from the Operation of these Causes by way of Phyfical Neceffity . For if Pain was the mere refult of Matter and Motion , the whole Creation would in all likelihood be a great Sufferer , and the ...
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... Spirits above Water , ' tis in vain to pretend to Principles : Where Fear has the Afcendant all Virtue grows preca- rious , and is ready to furrender at Dif- cretion , cretion . For inftance , how can a Man pretend upon PAIN . II.
... Spirits above Water , ' tis in vain to pretend to Principles : Where Fear has the Afcendant all Virtue grows preca- rious , and is ready to furrender at Dif- cretion , cretion . For inftance , how can a Man pretend upon PAIN . II.
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... grown callous by being accuftomed to Blows , and Battering ? Tully obferves that the Gauls , Germans , and Spaniards , were very brave in the Field , would hollow Ibid . and fhout after a Wound , and yet thefe Men could not stand the ...
... grown callous by being accuftomed to Blows , and Battering ? Tully obferves that the Gauls , Germans , and Spaniards , were very brave in the Field , would hollow Ibid . and fhout after a Wound , and yet thefe Men could not stand the ...
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... grows violent , and the Anguifh outragi- ous , the Spirit is quickly releas'd , and fuffer'd to retire . God has fo merciful- ly order'd the cafe , that the Extremity of Torment fhould quickly break the Senfes , and extinguifh the ...
... grows violent , and the Anguifh outragi- ous , the Spirit is quickly releas'd , and fuffer'd to retire . God has fo merciful- ly order'd the cafe , that the Extremity of Torment fhould quickly break the Senfes , and extinguifh the ...
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... grow under Torment , and like Pro- metheus be renew'd as faft as we wafted , Patience would have a fevere Trial : In fuch a Cafe the Power of ill Men would be frightfully enlarg'd , and the Practice of Virtue become much more hazardous ...
... grow under Torment , and like Pro- metheus be renew'd as faft as we wafted , Patience would have a fevere Trial : In fuch a Cafe the Power of ill Men would be frightfully enlarg'd , and the Practice of Virtue become much more hazardous ...
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