The Manual of Liberty, Or, Testimonies in Behalf of the Rights of Mankind; Selected from the Best Authorities, in Prose and Verse, and Methodically Arranged |
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... true and pri- mordial law , fitted to direct us in all things , is the right reason of the Omnipotent Creator . Ib . cb . 10 . Of what avail is it that many things have by many nations been decreed pregnant with calamity and evil ...
... true and pri- mordial law , fitted to direct us in all things , is the right reason of the Omnipotent Creator . Ib . cb . 10 . Of what avail is it that many things have by many nations been decreed pregnant with calamity and evil ...
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... true principal cause of most miseries and misfortunes in life . No man ought to look upon the advantages of life , such as riches , honour , power , and the like , as his property , but merely as a trust which God hath deposited with ...
... true principal cause of most miseries and misfortunes in life . No man ought to look upon the advantages of life , such as riches , honour , power , and the like , as his property , but merely as a trust which God hath deposited with ...
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... true meaning . We are so naturally inclined to give the utmost degree of force to our own case , that we call every pretension , however found- ed , a right ; and by this means the term frequently stands opposed to justice and reason ...
... true meaning . We are so naturally inclined to give the utmost degree of force to our own case , that we call every pretension , however found- ed , a right ; and by this means the term frequently stands opposed to justice and reason ...
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... true and original condition , of foot- men and porters ; so it is with the emperor , whose pomp so dazzles you in public ; peep but behind the curtain , and you will see nothing more than an ordinary man . - Do fevers , gout , and the ...
... true and original condition , of foot- men and porters ; so it is with the emperor , whose pomp so dazzles you in public ; peep but behind the curtain , and you will see nothing more than an ordinary man . - Do fevers , gout , and the ...
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... true , this God did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly , And that same eye whose bend does awe the world , Did lose its lustre ; I did hear him groan : Ay , and that tongue of his , that bade the Romans Mark him , and ...
... true , this God did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly , And that same eye whose bend does awe the world , Did lose its lustre ; I did hear him groan : Ay , and that tongue of his , that bade the Romans Mark him , and ...
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