... instructors of these times: should they hear, that law was branded as a vain and even unjust attempt to bring individual actions under the restrictions of general rule; that chastity was defined to mean only individuality of affection ; that religion... A Tale of the Times - Page 181by Jane West - 1799Full view - About this book
| Jane West - 1803 - 1136 pages
...attempt to bring individual actions under the reftrictions of general rule ; that chaftity was defined to mean only individuality of affection ; that religion...arms of France, but to thofe principles which, by diffolving domeftic confidence and undermining private worth, paved the way for univerfal confufion.... | |
| Claudia L. Johnson - 1988 - 212 pages
...individuality of affection; that religion was degraded into a sentimental effusion; and that these doctrines do not proceed from the pen of avowed profligates, but from persons apparently actuated by the desire of improving the happiness of the world: should, I say, generations... | |
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