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Page vi
... evil government , can feel any unsophisticated thirst of glory , or be desirous that posterity should know he tasted the bitter cup of servitude under this or that tyrant ? Or , worse still , that while myriads of his nobler countrymen ...
... evil government , can feel any unsophisticated thirst of glory , or be desirous that posterity should know he tasted the bitter cup of servitude under this or that tyrant ? Or , worse still , that while myriads of his nobler countrymen ...
Page xxii
... of the Christian spirit , bold phi- losophers and sophists arose , startling mankind with the novelty , or evil tendency of their doctrines . Bacon had already made open war on the barren systems of the schools ; and xxii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... of the Christian spirit , bold phi- losophers and sophists arose , startling mankind with the novelty , or evil tendency of their doctrines . Bacon had already made open war on the barren systems of the schools ; and xxii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
Page xxvii
... evil - spoken of by others , we would generously , in consideration of what we owe him , hazard something to vindicate his good name . The same course we should , I think , pursue when he who affords us instruc- tion or delight is dead ...
... evil - spoken of by others , we would generously , in consideration of what we owe him , hazard something to vindicate his good name . The same course we should , I think , pursue when he who affords us instruc- tion or delight is dead ...
Page 35
... evil thing ; for he doth whatsoever pleaseth him . Where the word of a king is , there is power ; and who may say unto him , What dost thou ? " It is well enough known , that here the preacher directs not his pre- cepts to the Sanhedrim ...
... evil thing ; for he doth whatsoever pleaseth him . Where the word of a king is , there is power ; and who may say unto him , What dost thou ? " It is well enough known , that here the preacher directs not his pre- cepts to the Sanhedrim ...
Page 52
... evil thing ; not in itself , but because it most commonly does , as Samuel forewarns the people that theirs would , degenerate into pride and tyranny ? If you are not yet satisfied , hark what you say yourself ; acknowledge your own ...
... evil thing ; not in itself , but because it most commonly does , as Samuel forewarns the people that theirs would , degenerate into pride and tyranny ? If you are not yet satisfied , hark what you say yourself ; acknowledge your own ...
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