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... firft they were , as it may be fuppofed , utter strangers to the common forms of public worship , and it required fome time to drill them to a decent obferv . ance even of the outward ceremonies of religion ; I mean , to teach them to ...
... firft they were , as it may be fuppofed , utter strangers to the common forms of public worship , and it required fome time to drill them to a decent obferv . ance even of the outward ceremonies of religion ; I mean , to teach them to ...
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... firft and chief . Herodotus is the father of hiftory ; after whom came Thucydides and Xenophon . Among the philosophers are the same Xenophon , Cebes , Plato , and Ariftotrle . 3. In the reign of Ptolemy Philadel- phus , Egypt became ...
... firft and chief . Herodotus is the father of hiftory ; after whom came Thucydides and Xenophon . Among the philosophers are the same Xenophon , Cebes , Plato , and Ariftotrle . 3. In the reign of Ptolemy Philadel- phus , Egypt became ...
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... firft we are animated to overtake those whom we think before us , fo , when we have de- fpaired either of getting beyond them , or being equal with them , our inclina- tion languishes with our hope ; it ceafes to pursue what it cannot ...
... firft we are animated to overtake those whom we think before us , fo , when we have de- fpaired either of getting beyond them , or being equal with them , our inclina- tion languishes with our hope ; it ceafes to pursue what it cannot ...
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... firft copy prefixed to his " Medi- tations , " written [ it can be no difparagement to him to fay ] by the rev . Dr. Drake , fon of the hiftorian , now vicar of Beyerley . you , ground very late in the fpring , with the leaves 18 ...
... firft copy prefixed to his " Medi- tations , " written [ it can be no difparagement to him to fay ] by the rev . Dr. Drake , fon of the hiftorian , now vicar of Beyerley . you , ground very late in the fpring , with the leaves 18 ...
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... Firft . Every fic- tion of the kind , when borrowed , fhould have fome feeming affinity and connec- tion with what little we really know of the character and cuftoms of that peo- ple to whom it is applied . I think the machinery ...
... Firft . Every fic- tion of the kind , when borrowed , fhould have fome feeming affinity and connec- tion with what little we really know of the character and cuftoms of that peo- ple to whom it is applied . I think the machinery ...
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