An Historical and Critical Dictionary, Volume 2Hunt and Clarke, 1826 - 438 pages |
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... things , that those who obstinately deny them all , render them- selves suspected , either of want of sincerity , or judg- ment to discern the force of the proofs . A violent prejudice , or a certain turn of mind , blinds their un ...
... things , that those who obstinately deny them all , render them- selves suspected , either of want of sincerity , or judg- ment to discern the force of the proofs . A violent prejudice , or a certain turn of mind , blinds their un ...
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... things , and they pretended also , that each man had a genius that governed him . The Roman Catho- lics pretend , that the doctrine of a guardian - angel , and of an angel presiding over a whole country , a city , or a province , is ...
... things , and they pretended also , that each man had a genius that governed him . The Roman Catho- lics pretend , that the doctrine of a guardian - angel , and of an angel presiding over a whole country , a city , or a province , is ...
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... thing as this , does not imply the knowledge of things to come ; others dream of I know not what , that threatens them with some misfortune as with death , for in- stance . The genius who is the author of this dream , * Cicero , de ...
... thing as this , does not imply the knowledge of things to come ; others dream of I know not what , that threatens them with some misfortune as with death , for in- stance . The genius who is the author of this dream , * Cicero , de ...
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... things future which are called contingent . But some may say there are private persons who have dreamed that they should reign , and they did not reign till twenty or thirty years after ; I answer that their genius being of a very high ...
... things future which are called contingent . But some may say there are private persons who have dreamed that they should reign , and they did not reign till twenty or thirty years after ; I answer that their genius being of a very high ...
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... things in it . This reason is of no force do we not all this while we are awake ? Do we not represent to ourselves such and such per- sons , who tell us a hundred things which we ourselves frame ? Cannot we imagine , if we please , that ...
... things in it . This reason is of no force do we not all this while we are awake ? Do we not represent to ourselves such and such per- sons , who tell us a hundred things which we ourselves frame ? Cannot we imagine , if we please , that ...
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