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... reason that they have not the same use of them , in reading aloud the senti- ments of others , may be traced to the very defective and erroneous method in which the art of reading is taught ; whereby all the various , natural , ex ...
... reason that they have not the same use of them , in reading aloud the senti- ments of others , may be traced to the very defective and erroneous method in which the art of reading is taught ; whereby all the various , natural , ex ...
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... reason to dis- trust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . 10. When , upon rational and sober inquiry , we have establish- ed our principles , let us not suffer them to be shaken by the scoffs of the licentious , or the cavils of ...
... reason to dis- trust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . 10. When , upon rational and sober inquiry , we have establish- ed our principles , let us not suffer them to be shaken by the scoffs of the licentious , or the cavils of ...
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... reason and religion pro- nounce , that generally , if not always , there is more happiness than misery , inore pleasure than pain , in the condition of man . 15. Society , when formed , requires distinctions of property , di- versity of ...
... reason and religion pro- nounce , that generally , if not always , there is more happiness than misery , inore pleasure than pain , in the condition of man . 15. Society , when formed , requires distinctions of property , di- versity of ...
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... - ger . It overpowers reason ; confounds our ideas ; distorts the ap- pearance and blackens the colour of every object . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mischiefs which 20 Part I. THE ENGLISH READER .
... - ger . It overpowers reason ; confounds our ideas ; distorts the ap- pearance and blackens the colour of every object . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mischiefs which 20 Part I. THE ENGLISH READER .
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... we have no pleasure in goodness , we may with cer- tainty conclude the reason to be , that our pleasure is all derived from an opposite quarter . 6. How strangely are the opinions of men altered , Chup . 1 . 21 SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
... we have no pleasure in goodness , we may with cer- tainty conclude the reason to be , that our pleasure is all derived from an opposite quarter . 6. How strangely are the opinions of men altered , Chup . 1 . 21 SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
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