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... shew that , without the exertion of any considerable forces , the same engines which were employed for the destruction of religion , might be employed with equal success for the subversion of government ; and that specious arguments ...
... shew that , without the exertion of any considerable forces , the same engines which were employed for the destruction of religion , might be employed with equal success for the subversion of government ; and that specious arguments ...
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... shew that political society is justly charge- able with much the greatest part of this destruction of the species . To give the fairest play to every side of the ques- tion , I will own that there is a haughtiness , and fierceness in ...
... shew that political society is justly charge- able with much the greatest part of this destruction of the species . To give the fairest play to every side of the ques- tion , I will own that there is a haughtiness , and fierceness in ...
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... shew , that the same faction has in one reign promoted popular seditions , and in the next been a patron of tyranny ; I could shew , that they have all of them betrayed the public safety at all times , and have very frequently with ...
... shew , that the same faction has in one reign promoted popular seditions , and in the next been a patron of tyranny ; I could shew , that they have all of them betrayed the public safety at all times , and have very frequently with ...
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... Shew me any mischief produced by the madness or wickedness of theologians , and I will shew you an hundred , resulting from the ambition and villany of conquerors and statesmen . Shew me an absurdity in religion , and I will undertake 4 ...
... Shew me any mischief produced by the madness or wickedness of theologians , and I will shew you an hundred , resulting from the ambition and villany of conquerors and statesmen . Shew me an absurdity in religion , and I will undertake 4 ...
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Edmund Burke. me an absurdity in religion , and I will undertake to shew you an hundred for one in political laws and institutions . If you say , that natural religion is a sufficient guide without the foreign aid of revelation , on what ...
Edmund Burke. me an absurdity in religion , and I will undertake to shew you an hundred for one in political laws and institutions . If you say , that natural religion is a sufficient guide without the foreign aid of revelation , on what ...
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