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... animals , who still follow her laws , and even of those to whom she has given dispositions more fierce , and arms more terrible than ever she intended we should use . It is an incontestable truth , that there is more havoc made in one ...
... animals , who still follow her laws , and even of those to whom she has given dispositions more fierce , and arms more terrible than ever she intended we should use . It is an incontestable truth , that there is more havoc made in one ...
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... Animals XXI . Smell and Taste . Bitters and Stenches XXII . Feeling . Pain . PART III . I. Of Beauty II . Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Vegetables III . Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Animals IV . Proportion not the cause ...
... Animals XXI . Smell and Taste . Bitters and Stenches XXII . Feeling . Pain . PART III . I. Of Beauty II . Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Vegetables III . Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Animals IV . Proportion not the cause ...
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... animals , and which we may in some sort be said to have even with the inanimate world . The passions belonging to the preservation of the individual , turn wholly on pain and danger : those which belong to genera- tion have their origin ...
... animals , and which we may in some sort be said to have even with the inanimate world . The passions belonging to the preservation of the individual , turn wholly on pain and danger : those which belong to genera- tion have their origin ...
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... animals ; and as he is not designed like them to live at large , it is fit that he should have something to create a preference , and fix his choice ; and this in general should be some sensible quality ; as no other can so quickly , so ...
... animals ; and as he is not designed like them to live at large , it is fit that he should have something to create a preference , and fix his choice ; and this in general should be some sensible quality ; as no other can so quickly , so ...
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... animals who are attired in so engaging a manner , than between him and some others who entirely want this attraction , or possess it in a far weaker degree . But it is probable , that Providence did not make even this distinction , but ...
... animals who are attired in so engaging a manner , than between him and some others who entirely want this attraction , or possess it in a far weaker degree . But it is probable , that Providence did not make even this distinction , but ...
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