"And suppose that in man, after a certain season, the appetite of lust or the faculty of reason shall shoot forth, open, and display themselves as leaves and blossoms do in a tree; would you therefore deny them to be natural to him, because they did not appear in his original infancy?"
Alciphron: or the Minute Philosopher
 At least 9 entries in ESTC (1732, 1752, 1755, 1757, 1767).<br>
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<u>Alciphron: or, the Minute Philosopher. In Seven Dialogues. Containing an Apology for the Christian Religion, Against Those Who Are Called Free-Thinkers.</u> (Dublin: Printed for G. Risk, G. Ewing, and W. Smith, 1732). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004854093.0001.001">Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004854093.0001.002">Vol. II</a>&gt;<br>
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See also <u>Alciphron: or the Minute Philosopher</u> (London: J. Tonson, 1732). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=CCIJAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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