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VIANDS (article)

Scruples of the first Christians concerning
Pythagoras-His rules in relation to
Porphyry, his abstemious doctrine

Virgil Critical notice of

The Resurrection said to be found in .
Purgatory to be found in

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Virgin Feasts of Appropriation to the changes of the

moon

VIRTUE (article)

Mistake of Brutus concerning

Dialogue of an honest man and a theologian

Social test of virtue

VISION (article)

Fraudulent visions

VISION of CONSTANTINE (article)

Reasons for disbelieving it

Testimony of Eusebius concerning

Differently related

Vision of the Princess Palatine

Voiture-Affected taste of

Not abounding in wit

Voltaire, M.-His death astrologically predicted

Persecuted for maintaining the opinion of Locke
VOWS (article)

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Affecting story of a young Franciscan who broke

his vows

Religious or monastic may be dissolved by the state
Binding children to the church, infamous and un-
natural

JOURNEY of St. PETER to ROME (article)

Reasons for doubting it

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Its avowed objects

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Modern mode of waging war
Priestly eulogies of

Warburton-His misrepresentation of Cicero

Object of his divine legation of Moses
WEAKNESS on BOTH SIDES (article)
Various instances of in disputation
Oblivion attendant on

WHYS, The (article)

Various significant queries

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WILL (article)

WICKED (article)

Innate corruption combatted

Men naturally more disposed to good than to evil

Absurd disputes of the Greeks concerning

WIT, SPIRIT, INTELLECT (article)

Partial definition of wit

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Spirit as distinguished from wit

Spirit defined

At what time nations aim at wit
Instances of false wit in Corneille
Great parts, an English phrase
Crooked or distorted intellect

Witch-Examination of a pretended one
Wolfe-His opinion of the Chinese

Persecution of

Woolston-His bold examination of miracles
Prosecuted for his opinions

WOMEN (article)

Their temperament according to Plutarch

Less strong than men

More long lived than men

Curious Chinese document concerning

Guilty of fewer crimes than men

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Condition among the Greeks

Plutarch's account of conjugal affection

Seldom inventors

Capable of governing

Cardinal Mazarine-His opinion of

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Mahometan laws concerning

Plurality of wives

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Jewish laws concerning

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Montesquieu, anecdotes of his concerning women,
disputed

Speech of a Turk to a German on the subject of
Reply of the German

Valiant among the Saracens

Margaret of Anjou, Joan of Arc, &c.

Live longer than men

Not so wicked as men

Words-Magical effects attributed to

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XENOPHON (article)

His expedition under Cyrus

Character of the war under Cyrus .

Nature of the celebrated retreat recorded by him

A confirmed mercenary

Xissuter, a king of Thrace-Fable of his ark

A Chaldean Noah, account of

Yontchin, emperor of China-His forbearance to the

Christian missionaries

YVETOT (article)

Nature of the reputed kingdom of

Romantic account of by Gagnier

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ZEAL (article)

Definition of

That of the early Christians, according to Julian
Strange instances of, according to St. Augustin
Calumnies produced by

Operation of in the perversion of truth and advance-
ment of falsehood

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Existing remnant of the sect, little to be gained

from

The Sadder attributed to

Saying of Sadi

Zeal of a Frenchman to trace the religion of
Contradictory histories of by disinterested inquirers

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