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Page xiv
... opinion ; and defend that there is a peculiar comfort in the married state which no other society affords . No mortal nature can endure either in the actions of religion , or study of wisdom , without sometime slackening the cords of ...
... opinion ; and defend that there is a peculiar comfort in the married state which no other society affords . No mortal nature can endure either in the actions of religion , or study of wisdom , without sometime slackening the cords of ...
Page xviii
... opinions than custom and tradition , they cling to old abuses as to sacred relics , which though they know neither why nor wherefore , seem to be endued with some miraculous properties infused into them by the state conjurors of former ...
... opinions than custom and tradition , they cling to old abuses as to sacred relics , which though they know neither why nor wherefore , seem to be endued with some miraculous properties infused into them by the state conjurors of former ...
Page xxiv
... England ! Here only , within the limits of the Old World , is it lawful to express an honest opinion , or to arraign , when truth requires it , the im- policy , or improvidence , or lukewarmness of our rulers xxiv EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... England ! Here only , within the limits of the Old World , is it lawful to express an honest opinion , or to arraign , when truth requires it , the im- policy , or improvidence , or lukewarmness of our rulers xxiv EDITOR'S PREFACE .
Page xxxv
... opinion of himself was , perhaps , mingled with some contempt for others ; " for scarcely any man ever wrote so much and praised so few . " And , lest the reader should forget it , he again repeats that he is very frugal of his praise ...
... opinion of himself was , perhaps , mingled with some contempt for others ; " for scarcely any man ever wrote so much and praised so few . " And , lest the reader should forget it , he again repeats that he is very frugal of his praise ...
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... opinions like those of Milton are making the circuit of Europe , and agitating the whole fabric of society . Dr. Symmonds , in his Life of Milton , suggests a comparison between Salmasius and Burke , and observes that the angry ...
... opinions like those of Milton are making the circuit of Europe , and agitating the whole fabric of society . Dr. Symmonds , in his Life of Milton , suggests a comparison between Salmasius and Burke , and observes that the angry ...
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