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... .... On Polytheism ... 92 On what Religion is most calculated to promote the happiness of individuals ? ..... 96 On the evils of Despotism and Anarchy com- pared .... 99 .... On Superstition ... On the Connection of Ideas ..... Page.
... .... On Polytheism ... 92 On what Religion is most calculated to promote the happiness of individuals ? ..... 96 On the evils of Despotism and Anarchy com- pared .... 99 .... On Superstition ... On the Connection of Ideas ..... Page.
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Thomas Durant. On Superstition ... On the Connection of Ideas ..... Page .... 102 115 His first Poetical efforts , at the age of Fourteen 123 Translation of Crebillon On the Setting Sun Imitation of Horace .. The Wizard Illness and Death ...
Thomas Durant. On Superstition ... On the Connection of Ideas ..... Page .... 102 115 His first Poetical efforts , at the age of Fourteen 123 Translation of Crebillon On the Setting Sun Imitation of Horace .. The Wizard Illness and Death ...
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... , read , and thought on all these subjects ; but when he wrote , he drew imme- diately from the stores of his own mind . THEMES Written between the Age of Eleven and Twelve . £ 4 On Superstition On the Connection of Ideas Page.
... , read , and thought on all these subjects ; but when he wrote , he drew imme- diately from the stores of his own mind . THEMES Written between the Age of Eleven and Twelve . £ 4 On Superstition On the Connection of Ideas Page.
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... superstition , could they have built a more noble structure on its ruins ? Had they " cast their idols to the moles and to the bats , " would they have in- stituted a religion more agreeable to truth ? What could they have done ? Would ...
... superstition , could they have built a more noble structure on its ruins ? Had they " cast their idols to the moles and to the bats , " would they have in- stituted a religion more agreeable to truth ? What could they have done ? Would ...
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... SUPERSTITION . ( December , ' 1815. ) WE take a melancholy pleasure in ex- amining the dilapidated walls , the falling arches , and the solitary columns of a magni- ficent ruin . But if a man had possessed that building when in a ...
... SUPERSTITION . ( December , ' 1815. ) WE take a melancholy pleasure in ex- amining the dilapidated walls , the falling arches , and the solitary columns of a magni- ficent ruin . But if a man had possessed that building when in a ...
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