Essays historical and moral
By: by G. Gregory ...
Publisher: Printed for J. Johnson ...
Published: 1785
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
Subjects: English essays.
Table of contents: title: Of the progress of manners and society.; title: Of the influence of physical and moral causes on the human mind.; title: Remarks on the history of superstition.; title: Of certain moral prejudices.; title: Observations on the effects of civilization, and the character of the present times.; title: Of the invention of language.; title: Of alphabetical writing.; title: Miscellaneous observations on the history of the female sex.; title: Of the theory of government.; title: The advantages of the republican form of government compared with those of monarchy.; title: Of the principles of morals.; title: Miscellaneous observations on the atheistical system, and on the morals of the ancients.; title: Of religious establishments.; title: Of education.; title: Of penetration and forefight.; title: An impartial inquiry into the reasonableness of suicide.; title: Of slavery and the slave trade.; title: Of certain causes which may prove subversive of British liberty.