Lacon: or, Many things in few words, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme&Brown, 1822 |
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... termed the reductio ad absurdum , it is evident that a single exception to each of the intermedi ate assertions , between the first position , and the last , forces the materialist upon the monstrous necessity of admitting two discrete ...
... termed the reductio ad absurdum , it is evident that a single exception to each of the intermedi ate assertions , between the first position , and the last , forces the materialist upon the monstrous necessity of admitting two discrete ...
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... termed a too high opinion of ourselves , founded on the overrating of certain qualities that we do actually possess ; whereas vanity is more easily satisfied and can extract a feeling of self - complacency , from qualifications that are ...
... termed a too high opinion of ourselves , founded on the overrating of certain qualities that we do actually possess ; whereas vanity is more easily satisfied and can extract a feeling of self - complacency , from qualifications that are ...
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... termed the terror of kings ; others have dreaded him as an evil without end , although it was in their own power to make him the end of all evil . He has been vilified as the cause of anguish , consternation , and despair , but these ...
... termed the terror of kings ; others have dreaded him as an evil without end , although it was in their own power to make him the end of all evil . He has been vilified as the cause of anguish , consternation , and despair , but these ...
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... termed the prince of phantoms and of shades ? who destroys that which is transient and temporary , to establish that which alone is real and fixed . And what are the mournful escut- cheons , the sable trophies , and the melancholy ...
... termed the prince of phantoms and of shades ? who destroys that which is transient and temporary , to establish that which alone is real and fixed . And what are the mournful escut- cheons , the sable trophies , and the melancholy ...
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... termed the College of Fishermen , had very different views of their vocation , from the College of Cardinals , and infallibility itself must prove itself fallible , the instant it sets about to reconcile the career of these men , with ...
... termed the College of Fishermen , had very different views of their vocation , from the College of Cardinals , and infallibility itself must prove itself fallible , the instant it sets about to reconcile the career of these men , with ...
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