Masterworks of World Literature, Volume 2Edwin Mallard Everett Dryden Press, 1947 |
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... reason , to perplex and dash Maturest counsels ; for his thoughts were low ; To vice industrious , but to nobler deeds Timorous and slothful : yet he pleased the ear , And with persuasive accent thus began : " I should be much for open ...
... reason , to perplex and dash Maturest counsels ; for his thoughts were low ; To vice industrious , but to nobler deeds Timorous and slothful : yet he pleased the ear , And with persuasive accent thus began : " I should be much for open ...
Page 333
... reason's bounds ; and always rush from one extreme to another . You see your mistake , and find out that you have been imposed upon by a pretended zeal . But is there any reason why , in order to correct yourself , you should fall into ...
... reason's bounds ; and always rush from one extreme to another . You see your mistake , and find out that you have been imposed upon by a pretended zeal . But is there any reason why , in order to correct yourself , you should fall into ...
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... reason alphabetized " ) presents his ideas on a number of religious and philosophical questions with a clarity and force which often conceal their inconsistency and lack of depth . Voltaire's real power lies in his treaments of history ...
... reason alphabetized " ) presents his ideas on a number of religious and philosophical questions with a clarity and force which often conceal their inconsistency and lack of depth . Voltaire's real power lies in his treaments of history ...
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