Sketches of the History of Man: In Two Volumes, Volume 2W. Creech, 1774 - 519 pages |
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Page 102
... sense of beauty , handled in Elements of Cri- ticifm . Our knowledge of right and wrong in actions , is derived from the moral fenfe , to be handled in the sketch immediately fol- lowing . Our knowledge of truth and error is derived ...
... sense of beauty , handled in Elements of Cri- ticifm . Our knowledge of right and wrong in actions , is derived from the moral fenfe , to be handled in the sketch immediately fol- lowing . Our knowledge of truth and error is derived ...
Page 103
... sense we fee into futurity : we know that the fun will rife to - morrow ; that the earth will perform its wonted course round the fun ; that winter and fummer will follow each other in fucceffion ; that a ftone dropt from the hand will ...
... sense we fee into futurity : we know that the fun will rife to - morrow ; that the earth will perform its wonted course round the fun ; that winter and fummer will follow each other in fucceffion ; that a ftone dropt from the hand will ...
Page 104
... sense of seeing , as fome writers pretend to do . No one ever called in question the existence of internal actions and paf- fions , laid open to us by internal fenfe ; and there is as little ground for doubting of what we fee . The ...
... sense of seeing , as fome writers pretend to do . No one ever called in question the existence of internal actions and paf- fions , laid open to us by internal fenfe ; and there is as little ground for doubting of what we fee . The ...
Page 121
... sense , a guide little fubject to error in matters of importance . In the sciences , reafon is effential ; but in the conduct of life , which is our chief concern , reason may be an useful affiftant ; but to be our director is not its ...
... sense , a guide little fubject to error in matters of importance . In the sciences , reafon is effential ; but in the conduct of life , which is our chief concern , reason may be an useful affiftant ; but to be our director is not its ...
Page 139
... sense , has been extended even to inflict punishment . Ifadas was bathing when the alarm was given in Lacedemon , that Epaminondas was at hand with a numerous army . Naked as he was , he rushed against the enemy with a fpear in one hand ...
... sense , has been extended even to inflict punishment . Ifadas was bathing when the alarm was given in Lacedemon , that Epaminondas was at hand with a numerous army . Naked as he was , he rushed against the enemy with a fpear in one hand ...
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Page 474 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 155 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 460 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Page 472 - And when Abraham saw that the Man blessed not God, he said unto him, Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, Creator of Heaven and Earth?
Page 473 - Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not ; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth : for God hath received him.
Page 407 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 436 - Verily I say unto you, in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Page 449 - And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day, and said unto the people. There are six days in which men ought to work in them therefore come and be healed; and not on the Sabbath day...
Page 407 - Lord be pleafed with thoufands of rams, or with ten thou" fands of rivers of oil ? fhall I give my firft-born for my tranfgref" fion, the fruit of my body for the fin of my foul ? He hath " fhewed thee, O man, what is good : and what doth the Lord " require of thee, but to do juftly, to love mercy, and to walk "humbly with thy God?
Page 255 - ... and what we ought to do and what we ought not to do, whoever came into the world without having an innate idea of them?