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... things so against philosophy and natural reason , that he must be a beast in his understanding who can believe in them . The thing formed , says that nothing formed it ; and that which is made , is , while that which made it is not ...
... things so against philosophy and natural reason , that he must be a beast in his understanding who can believe in them . The thing formed , says that nothing formed it ; and that which is made , is , while that which made it is not ...
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... things else , augments and increaseth benefits ; because a noble ac- tion of liberality , done to a man of reason , doth grow contin- ually by his generously thinking of it and remembering it.— Rabelais . BENEFITS JUDGED BY THE ...
... things else , augments and increaseth benefits ; because a noble ac- tion of liberality , done to a man of reason , doth grow contin- ually by his generously thinking of it and remembering it.— Rabelais . BENEFITS JUDGED BY THE ...
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... things noble ac v contin ng it eeds no ries re es them n a dog wound ; r , in his o strike s yet in meant happy never it.- Benevolence aND GRATITUDE.- -It is another's fault if he be ungrateful , but it is mine if I do not give . To ...
... things noble ac v contin ng it eeds no ries re es them n a dog wound ; r , in his o strike s yet in meant happy never it.- Benevolence aND GRATITUDE.- -It is another's fault if he be ungrateful , but it is mine if I do not give . To ...
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... things , but dc contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul ́ was , whose progeny they are ; nay , they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them . I know they ...
... things , but dc contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul ́ was , whose progeny they are ; nay , they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them . I know they ...
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... things ; but yet a man of the world should know them . They are the outworks of manners and decency , which would be ... thing ; for law we have a measure , and know what to trust to : equity is according to the conscience of him that is ...
... things ; but yet a man of the world should know them . They are the outworks of manners and decency , which would be ... thing ; for law we have a measure , and know what to trust to : equity is according to the conscience of him that is ...
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