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Volney's answer to Doctor Priestley, on his pamphlet entitled, "Observations upon the increase of infidelity, with animadversions upon the writings of several modern unbelievers, and especially The ruins of Mr. Volney, with this motto; Minds of little penetration rest naturally on the surface of things. They do not like to pierce deep into them, for fear of labour and trouble; sometimes still more for fear of truth--" [One line of from Racine]
Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François), 1757-1820.Date: 1797- Books
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The law of nature, or Principles of morality, deduced from the physical constitution of mankind and the universe. By C-F. Volney. [Two lines from Pope]
Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François), 1757-1820.Date: 1796- Books
Storia della febbre gialla estratta dalle opere di C.-F. Volney, di Matteo Carey e di Benj. Rush. Coll'aggiunta della relazione medica della malattia che domina presentemente in Livorno / [C.-F. Volney].
Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François), 1757-1820.Date: 1804- Books
Storia della febbre gialla estratta dalle opere di C.-F. Volney / di Matteo Carey e di Benj. Rush. Coll'aggiunta della relazione medica [di G. Mocchi, A. Pasquetti and A. Brynole] della malattia che domina presentemente in Livorno.
Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François), 1757-1820Date: 1804- Books
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Christianity vindicated, in a series of letters, addressed to Mr. Volney, in answer to his book called Ruins, or a Survey of the Revolution of Empires. By the Rev. Peter Roberts, A. M.
Roberts, Peter, 1760-1819.Date: 1800- Books
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Common sense: or, natural ideas opposed to supernatural. [Two lines in Latin from Petronius] Translated from the French.
Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d', 1723-1789.Date: 1795- Books
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The ruins: or A survey of the revolutions of empires. By C-F. Volney. One of the deputies of the National Assembly of 1789, and author of Travels into Syria and Egypt. A new translation from the French. [Nine lines from Volney]
Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François), 1757-1820.Date: 1799- Books
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A view of the soil and climate of the United States of America : with supplementary remarks upon Florida; on the French Colonies on the Mississippi and Ohio, and in Canada; and on the aboriginal tribes of America / by C.F. Volney ... ; translated, with occasional remarks, by C. B. Brown ; with maps and plates.
Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François), 1757-1820.Date: 1804- Pictures
French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 6 March 1799Reference: 18129i