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... creature can possibly be insensible . Every one discerns and owns a public in- terest , and is conscious of what affects his fellowship or community . When we say , therefore , of a creature that he has wholly lost the sense of right ...
... creature can possibly be insensible . Every one discerns and owns a public in- terest , and is conscious of what affects his fellowship or community . When we say , therefore , of a creature that he has wholly lost the sense of right ...
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... creature who , wanting reason and being un- able to reflect , has notwithstanding many good qualities and affec- tions , as love to his kind , courage , gratitude , or pity . ' Tis certain that if you give to this creature a reflecting ...
... creature who , wanting reason and being un- able to reflect , has notwithstanding many good qualities and affec- tions , as love to his kind , courage , gratitude , or pity . ' Tis certain that if you give to this creature a reflecting ...
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... creature who would feel the extremes of thirst and hunger if he did not prevent his appetites before they call upon him , to be so forgetful of the common necessity of human nature as never to cast an eye upon the poor and needy . The ...
... creature who would feel the extremes of thirst and hunger if he did not prevent his appetites before they call upon him , to be so forgetful of the common necessity of human nature as never to cast an eye upon the poor and needy . The ...
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Daniel Defoe | 11 |
Isaac Watts | 57 |
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