Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... faith in virtue and honesty altogether , and , as if the whole were but a fiction , subverts all confidence , spreads a general corruption , and almost un- makes man - so far as regards every resem- blance of his glorious Author . ESSAY ...
... faith in virtue and honesty altogether , and , as if the whole were but a fiction , subverts all confidence , spreads a general corruption , and almost un- makes man - so far as regards every resem- blance of his glorious Author . ESSAY ...
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... faith , and this faith may be thought to suit their taste . But the cha racter of many of the most strenuous de- fenders of materialism is above all sinister suspicion , and the most dignified religion can be solidly defended on the ...
... faith , and this faith may be thought to suit their taste . But the cha racter of many of the most strenuous de- fenders of materialism is above all sinister suspicion , and the most dignified religion can be solidly defended on the ...
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... faith but in body , who admits no action but that of body upon body , reply if he can . It will be said , that gravity is the cause of this motion , and this forsooth is to satisfy the inquiring mind . Gravity is a mere name , the term ...
... faith but in body , who admits no action but that of body upon body , reply if he can . It will be said , that gravity is the cause of this motion , and this forsooth is to satisfy the inquiring mind . Gravity is a mere name , the term ...
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... faith received them , or merely an allegori- cal representation of certain dignified vir- tues . If , under this examination , the sup- posed allegory be found to be an unsub- stantial fabric , the whole building , that is raised upon ...
... faith received them , or merely an allegori- cal representation of certain dignified vir- tues . If , under this examination , the sup- posed allegory be found to be an unsub- stantial fabric , the whole building , that is raised upon ...
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... faith is rendered to their sentence , that it would be considered as a degree of scepticism to dispute it . It must be acknowledged , that this moral is fairly to be collected from the Iliad ; but whether Homer designed it , or no , and ...
... faith is rendered to their sentence , that it would be considered as a degree of scepticism to dispute it . It must be acknowledged , that this moral is fairly to be collected from the Iliad ; but whether Homer designed it , or no , and ...
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