Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... theory or system is answerable for extraordinary anomalies . I have principally adverted to profligates and hypocrites in the higher roads of life , because they are more conspicuous , and , being more noticed , are more discriminately ...
... theory or system is answerable for extraordinary anomalies . I have principally adverted to profligates and hypocrites in the higher roads of life , because they are more conspicuous , and , being more noticed , are more discriminately ...
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... theory , but presented to our senses , within the reach of our touch , and demands the admission of a cause , commencing the motion , and every moment impressing suc- Gessive increments of motion . What is this powerful agent ? Whence ...
... theory , but presented to our senses , within the reach of our touch , and demands the admission of a cause , commencing the motion , and every moment impressing suc- Gessive increments of motion . What is this powerful agent ? Whence ...
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... theory ,. if the general reasoning of its sublime au- thor were not adequate to the fullest con- viction . It demonstrates also , that it is not mere theory , but fact , that the centripe- tal force , which retains every body of the ...
... theory ,. if the general reasoning of its sublime au- thor were not adequate to the fullest con- viction . It demonstrates also , that it is not mere theory , but fact , that the centripe- tal force , which retains every body of the ...
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... theories ; the solutions have been either mere words without any correspon- dent ideas , or postulates without authority , which , if admitted , were insufficient to ac- count for the fact , and fairly led to the op- posite conclusion ...
... theories ; the solutions have been either mere words without any correspon- dent ideas , or postulates without authority , which , if admitted , were insufficient to ac- count for the fact , and fairly led to the op- posite conclusion ...
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... theory , which the former invented from a zeal for the sink- ing cause of the heathen religion , the latter adopted from an equal zeal for the honour of heathen poetry . What in the name of religion the better sense of mankind turned ...
... theory , which the former invented from a zeal for the sink- ing cause of the heathen religion , the latter adopted from an equal zeal for the honour of heathen poetry . What in the name of religion the better sense of mankind turned ...
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