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" Times has made them liable to be practis'd on, not by Creatures of different Species, but by thofe of their Own ; who, by a confident Pretence of knowing more than their Neighbours, have firft circumvented the many, the credulous and unwary ; and afterwards... "
An answer to a late book [by M. Tindall] intituled, 'Christianity as old as ... - Page 237
by John Leland - 1740
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Christianity as Old as the Creation: Or, the Gospel, a ..., Volume 1

Matthew Tindal - Christianity - 1730 - 470 pages
...peculiar Foible of Mankind is Superftition, which at all Times has made them liable to be practis'd on, not by Creatures of different Species, but by...forc'd the Free-thinking few into an outward Compliance : And as far as we have an Account of Things, we mall find that moft of the prevailing Superftitions...
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Reason, Grace, and Sentiment: Volume 2, Shaftesbury to Hume: A Study of the ...

Isabel Rivers - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 407 pages
...'foible' makes them liable to be practised on, 'not by Creatures of different Species, but by those of their own; who, by a confident Pretence of knowing more than their Neighbours, have first circumvented the Many, the Credulous and Unwary; and afterwards forc'd the Free-thinking few...
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