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... avail ourselves of the interest , tran- sient as it may be , which this work has excited . The dex- terous Capuchins never choose to preach on the life and miracles of a saint , till they have awakened the devotional feelings of ...
... avail ourselves of the interest , tran- sient as it may be , which this work has excited . The dex- terous Capuchins never choose to preach on the life and miracles of a saint , till they have awakened the devotional feelings of ...
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He may refer all human actions to self- interest , like Helvetius , or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more VOL . I. - 2 курме influence his poetry , properly so called , than MILTON . 13.
He may refer all human actions to self- interest , like Helvetius , or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more VOL . I. - 2 курме influence his poetry , properly so called , than MILTON . 13.
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Logicians may reason about abstractions ; but the great mass of mankind can never feel an interest in them . They must have images . The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other ...
Logicians may reason about abstractions ; but the great mass of mankind can never feel an interest in them . They must have images . The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other ...
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His super- natural agents excite an interest ; but it is not the interest which is proper to supernatural agents . We feel that we could talk with his ghosts and demons , without any emo- tions of unearthly awe .
His super- natural agents excite an interest ; but it is not the interest which is proper to supernatural agents . We feel that we could talk with his ghosts and demons , without any emo- tions of unearthly awe .
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... not because the constitution exempts the king from responsibility , for we know that all such maxims , how- ever excellent , have their exceptions ; nor because we feel any peculiar interest in his character , for we think that his ...
... not because the constitution exempts the king from responsibility , for we know that all such maxims , how- ever excellent , have their exceptions ; nor because we feel any peculiar interest in his character , for we think that his ...
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