Enlightened England: An Anthology of Eighteenth Century LiteratureW.W. Norton, 1947 - 1248 pages |
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... affection . ' Tis full as impossible to conceive that a rational creature coming first to be tried by rational objects , and receiving into his mind the images or representations of justice , generosity , gratitude , or other virtue ...
... affection . ' Tis full as impossible to conceive that a rational creature coming first to be tried by rational objects , and receiving into his mind the images or representations of justice , generosity , gratitude , or other virtue ...
Page 70
... affection towards the whole , must of necessity engage us , within our compass and sphere , to act by a like principle and affection . And having once the good of our species or public in view , as our end or aim , ' tis impossible we ...
... affection towards the whole , must of necessity engage us , within our compass and sphere , to act by a like principle and affection . And having once the good of our species or public in view , as our end or aim , ' tis impossible we ...
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... affection in any superior Being . Such a belief must tend rather to the weaning the affections from anything amiable ... affection . Upon the whole , whoever has a firm belief of a God whom he does not merely call good , but of whom in ...
... affection in any superior Being . Such a belief must tend rather to the weaning the affections from anything amiable ... affection . Upon the whole , whoever has a firm belief of a God whom he does not merely call good , but of whom in ...
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Daniel Defoe | 11 |
Isaac Watts | 57 |
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