The Friend: A Series of Essays to Aid in the Formation of Fixed Principles in Politics, Morals, and Religion. With Literary Amusements Interspersed |
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... instance he begins with some one self - evi- dent truth , ( that the radii of a circle , for instance , are all equal , ) and in consequence of this being true sees at once , without any actual experience , that some other thing must be ...
... instance he begins with some one self - evi- dent truth , ( that the radii of a circle , for instance , are all equal , ) and in consequence of this being true sees at once , without any actual experience , that some other thing must be ...
Page 187
... instances of popular excess and indignation were on the side of the Government and the Established Church . But why need I appeal to these invidious facts ? Turn over the pages of His- tory , and seek for a single instance of a ...
... instances of popular excess and indignation were on the side of the Government and the Established Church . But why need I appeal to these invidious facts ? Turn over the pages of His- tory , and seek for a single instance of a ...
Page 379
... instance of the second class , namely , of fractional truths integrated by fancy , passion , accident , and that preponderance of the positive over the negative in the memo- ry , which makes it no less tenacious of coincidences than for ...
... instance of the second class , namely , of fractional truths integrated by fancy , passion , accident , and that preponderance of the positive over the negative in the memo- ry , which makes it no less tenacious of coincidences than for ...
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