"Philosophy ... raises [one] above the rest of human Kind, and gives the sovereign Empire to Reason, subjecting the animal Part to its Laws, the gross Appetite of which debases us to Beasts"
The Learned Ladies. A Comedy
At least 3 entries in ESTC (1739, 1748, 1755).<br>
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Trans. Henry Baker and James Miller, <u>The Works of Moliere, French and English</u>, 10 vols. (London: Printed by and for John Watts, 1739). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW109722844&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;