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Page vii
... dictated by real admiration of , and reverence for , the most excellent constitution , and the happiest form of government , that ever regulated human affections 1 and 1 and conduct . French superiority , * which was PREFACE . vii.
... dictated by real admiration of , and reverence for , the most excellent constitution , and the happiest form of government , that ever regulated human affections 1 and 1 and conduct . French superiority , * which was PREFACE . vii.
Page ix
... of every crime which can stain the black catalogue of human villainy . France has made thee the patron , the tutelary God of atheists and regicides ; b Alas , and and thy fair name is invoked to reconcile the world PREFACE . ix.
... of every crime which can stain the black catalogue of human villainy . France has made thee the patron , the tutelary God of atheists and regicides ; b Alas , and and thy fair name is invoked to reconcile the world PREFACE . ix.
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... human nature at large ; and virtue , no less than good policy , must put arms into the hands of all civilized nations to oppose them . C Alone Alone she mourn'd her once unrivall❜d weal , Nor claim'd ROMAN PORTRAITS . 9.
... human nature at large ; and virtue , no less than good policy , must put arms into the hands of all civilized nations to oppose them . C Alone Alone she mourn'd her once unrivall❜d weal , Nor claim'd ROMAN PORTRAITS . 9.
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... human wisdom speaks by aid divine . Credulity , an easy yielding soil , Brought up new plants of faith with slender toil ; A tale once told , the weak enquir'd no more , 145 But fools believ'd what craft impos'd before . The pagan creed ...
... human wisdom speaks by aid divine . Credulity , an easy yielding soil , Brought up new plants of faith with slender toil ; A tale once told , the weak enquir'd no more , 145 But fools believ'd what craft impos'd before . The pagan creed ...
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... general and irresistible impulse of human nature , and in itself innocent , else they would not have attempted to counteract it by restraints fo unnatural . Grim Grim death , and priests more grim , with Stygian ROMAN PORTRAITS . 13.
... general and irresistible impulse of human nature , and in itself innocent , else they would not have attempted to counteract it by restraints fo unnatural . Grim Grim death , and priests more grim , with Stygian ROMAN PORTRAITS . 13.
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