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... ask me what the foul of a tree is ? It has received these properties , as the animal above has received those of fenfa- tion , memory , and a certain number of ideas . Who formed all thofe properties ? who has im- parted all these ...
... ask me what the foul of a tree is ? It has received these properties , as the animal above has received those of fenfa- tion , memory , and a certain number of ideas . Who formed all thofe properties ? who has im- parted all these ...
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... Ask a Guinea negro ; and with him beauty is a greafy black skin , hollow eyes , and a flat nofe . Put your question to the devil , and he will tell you that beauty is a pair of horns , four claws , and a tail . Confult the philofophers ...
... Ask a Guinea negro ; and with him beauty is a greafy black skin , hollow eyes , and a flat nofe . Put your question to the devil , and he will tell you that beauty is a pair of horns , four claws , and a tail . Confult the philofophers ...
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... . Now , let me ask you , whether a nation living in towns , and having laws and fovereigns , does not imply a prodigious antiquity ? Confider the time that must have paffed , and the concurrence of cir- PHILOSOPHICAL.
... . Now , let me ask you , whether a nation living in towns , and having laws and fovereigns , does not imply a prodigious antiquity ? Confider the time that must have paffed , and the concurrence of cir- PHILOSOPHICAL.
Page 87
... asking them , « Have " you received the Holy Ghoft ! " They answered , " We have not fo much as heard that there is a " Holy Ghoft . " He faid to them , " What bap- ❝tifm , then , have you received ? " They answered him , " The baptifm ...
... asking them , « Have " you received the Holy Ghoft ! " They answered , " We have not fo much as heard that there is a " Holy Ghoft . " He faid to them , " What bap- ❝tifm , then , have you received ? " They answered him , " The baptifm ...
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... Ask the rich which is beft , and they will unanimoufly vote for an aristocracy ; inquire of the people , and they will one and all cry up a democracy : as for royalty , it is only kings who will prefer it . How then comes it to pafs ...
... Ask the rich which is beft , and they will unanimoufly vote for an aristocracy ; inquire of the people , and they will one and all cry up a democracy : as for royalty , it is only kings who will prefer it . How then comes it to pafs ...
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abfurd againſt ancient anfwer aſk Atheiſts becauſe believe body caufe cauſe Chineſe Chrift Chriftians church cifed circumcifion Colchis Cu-fu cuftom Deity divine earth Egypt Egyptians Emperor Emperor of China eternal exift exiſtence Eziongaber faid fame father feen fenfes feven feveral fhall fhews fhould fignifies fince firft firſt fociety fome fomething fometimes foon foul fpeaks ftate ftatues ftill fubject fuch thing fure fyftem gods Grace Greeks heaven hiftory himſelf hundred idolaters Irenæus itſelf Jefus Jerufalem Jewish Jews Jofeph king laws leaft lefs likewife mafter Meffiah miracles Mofes moft moſt muft muſt myfteries myſelf nations nature neceffarily never Oannes obferve paffage paffed perfons philofophers pleaſed Potiphar prefent prieſts puniſhments queftion reafon refpect religion Romans Rome Sadducees ſay ſhall ſome ſpeak ſtill ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion underſtand univerfal uſe virtue whilft whofe wife worship