Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects: Part III. ... By Jeremy Collier, M.A.George Strahan, 1720 - 108 pages |
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... Reader's ill entertain'd , the barrenness of the Author , and not of the Argu- ment , is to answer for't . To be fomewhat particular : The Business of these Papers is to A 2 fupport i fupport our Spirits , to moderate our Cenfures , and.
... Reader's ill entertain'd , the barrenness of the Author , and not of the Argu- ment , is to answer for't . To be fomewhat particular : The Business of these Papers is to A 2 fupport i fupport our Spirits , to moderate our Cenfures , and.
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... which feem'd fomewhat perplext : And lastly , to raife the Idea of Religion , and give a juft value to Things and Perfons , of the greatest Dignity and Con- cern . In most of these Heads , I have -pitch'd upon In 11 The PREFACE .
... which feem'd fomewhat perplext : And lastly , to raife the Idea of Religion , and give a juft value to Things and Perfons , of the greatest Dignity and Con- cern . In most of these Heads , I have -pitch'd upon In 11 The PREFACE .
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... these Heads , I have -pitch'd upon the Form of a Dia- logue ; by this Fiction of a Con- ference , the Reader's Fancy is fometimes better engag'd , and the Impreffion goes deeper in his Memory . Besides , where a Que- stion is to be argu ...
... these Heads , I have -pitch'd upon the Form of a Dia- logue ; by this Fiction of a Con- ference , the Reader's Fancy is fometimes better engag'd , and the Impreffion goes deeper in his Memory . Besides , where a Que- stion is to be argu ...
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... Senfation is what we call Pain . However , we are to obferve , that these violent Impreffions are no more than occafional Causes of our Uneafinefs : B There I There is no natural Connection between thefe Damages done to OF Pain.
... Senfation is what we call Pain . However , we are to obferve , that these violent Impreffions are no more than occafional Causes of our Uneafinefs : B There I There is no natural Connection between thefe Damages done to OF Pain.
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... 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 Elements do terrible Execution upon themselves . The Sea might ...
... 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 Elements do terrible Execution upon themselves . The Sea might ...
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