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005 19961111175121.0
039 $aRB247606$fPJC
008 060113s1785 enk 00 | eng d
040 $aCaOTUTF$beng$cCaOTUTF
100 1 $aGregory, G.$q(George),$d1754-1808.
245 10 $aEssays historical and moral /$cby G. Gregory ...
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for J. Johnson ...,$c1785.
300 $a[4], viii, 349, [1] p.
500 $aWith a half-title.
505 0 $aOf the progress of manners and society.-- Of the influence of physical and moral causes on the human mind.-- Remarks on the history of superstition.-- Of certain moral prejudices.-- Observations on the effects of civilization, and the character of the present times.-- Of the invention of language.-- Of alphabetical writing.-- Miscellaneous observations on the history of the female sex.-- Of the theory of government.-- The advantages of the republican form of government compared with those of monarchy.-- Of the principles of morals.-- Miscellaneous observations on the atheistical system, and on the morals of the ancients.-- Of religious establishments.-- Of education.-- Of penetration and forefight.-- An impartial inquiry into the reasonableness of suicide.-- Of slavery and the slave trade.-- Of certain causes which may prove subversive of British liberty.
650 0 $aEnglish essays.
596 $a32
926 $aFISHER$bRAREBOOKS$cWalsh add 00916$dBOOK$f1