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Whatever be the argua ments in favour of free - will , of volition unrestrained by
the force and prevalence of motives , it must be allowed that the effects of reason
on the human mind are - not at all times , and on all subjects , equally powerful ...
Whatever be the argua ments in favour of free - will , of volition unrestrained by
the force and prevalence of motives , it must be allowed that the effects of reason
on the human mind are - not at all times , and on all subjects , equally powerful ...
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The affair itself was equally honourable to the giver and the receiver . The offer
was clogged with no stipulations for party services , and accepted under no
implied idea of being recompensed by political writings . It was perfectly
understood by ...
The affair itself was equally honourable to the giver and the receiver . The offer
was clogged with no stipulations for party services , and accepted under no
implied idea of being recompensed by political writings . It was perfectly
understood by ...
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... for which his powers were equally , and perhaps alone qualified . His tragedy
of Irene may be considered as the greatest effort of his genius . It is a legitimate
dramatic composition . The unities of time , place , and action , are ftrictly
observed ...
... for which his powers were equally , and perhaps alone qualified . His tragedy
of Irene may be considered as the greatest effort of his genius . It is a legitimate
dramatic composition . The unities of time , place , and action , are ftrictly
observed ...
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His Diktionary was going on at the same time ; and in the course of that work , as
he grew familiar with technical and scholastic words , he thought that the bulk of
his readers mi were equally learned , or at least would admire [ 283 ) ners are ...
His Diktionary was going on at the same time ; and in the course of that work , as
he grew familiar with technical and scholastic words , he thought that the bulk of
his readers mi were equally learned , or at least would admire [ 283 ) ners are ...
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mi were equally learned , or at least would admire the splendour and dignity of
the ftyle . And yet it is well known , that he praised in Cowley the ease and
unaffected structure of the sentences . Cowley may be placed at the head of
those who ...
mi were equally learned , or at least would admire the splendour and dignity of
the ftyle . And yet it is well known , that he praised in Cowley the ease and
unaffected structure of the sentences . Cowley may be placed at the head of
those who ...
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