This work is alternately adorned with confutations of a variety of doctrines incompatible to it; deduced from the most exalted ideas which we are able to form of the divine and human characters, and from the universe in general. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read. Written in Old English.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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NOT Old English,
This review is from: Reason the Only Oracle of Man Or A Compendious System of Natural Religion (Paperback)
This book is NOT in Old English as the description suggests. Old English was the language of the Anglo-Saxon settlers of ancient Britain. This book is in an archaic form of Modern English. Shakespeare wrote in an archaic form of Modern English. If you can wrap your head around the fact that some "s"s look like "f"s, you should be fine. The grammar on the other hand might be a little convoluted for a present-day reader.
2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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A masterpiece!,
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This review is from: Reason the Only Oracle of Man Or A Compendious System of Natural Religion (Paperback)
Although the reproduction is spotty in places, this is an amazing find for any student of Old English literature. Very happy to have found a copy for my library at last!
6 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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The translation is WRONG,
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The old style writing of "s" which looks like an "f" should be translated as "s" when printed with modern equipment. This book translates them to "f" in printing. This is inexcusable.
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THE defire of knowledge has engaged the attention of the wife and curious among mankind in all ages, which has been productive of extending the arts and fciences far and wide in the feveral quarters of the globe, and excited the contemplative to explore nature's laws in a gradual feries of improvement, 'till philofophy, aftronomy, geography and hiftory, with many other branches of fcience, have arrived to a great degree of perfection. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
moral fitnefs, eternal caufe, divine fpirit, natural caufes, thofe laws, efficient caufe, original fin, fame time, eternal creation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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THE defire of knowledge has engaged the attention of the wife and curious among mankind in all ages, which has been productive of extending the arts and fciences far and wide in the feveral quarters of the globe, and excited the contemplative to explore nature's laws in a gradual feries of improvement, 'till philofophy, aftronomy, geography and hiftory, with many other branches of fcience, have arrived to a great degree of perfection. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
moral fitnefs, eternal caufe, divine fpirit, natural caufes, thofe laws, efficient caufe, original fin, fame time, eternal creation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Holy Ghoft, Lord God New!
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