The Works of the Late Reverend Mr. Robert Riccaltoun, Minister of the Gospel at Hobkirk, Volume 1A. Murray & J. Cochran, 1771 |
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Page 15
... sense , strength and agility , & c . much a- bove what man can pretend to ; yet what would make the perfectest brute quite hap- py , the highest enjoyments they are ca- pable of , would make but very indifferent entertainment for a man ...
... sense , strength and agility , & c . much a- bove what man can pretend to ; yet what would make the perfectest brute quite hap- py , the highest enjoyments they are ca- pable of , would make but very indifferent entertainment for a man ...
Page 59
... sense , agility , and fuch other qualities , hardly any of them are known to want a fort of conftitutional fagacity , which we call inftinct ; by which they are unerringly determined , both to their pro- per food and way of living , and ...
... sense , agility , and fuch other qualities , hardly any of them are known to want a fort of conftitutional fagacity , which we call inftinct ; by which they are unerringly determined , both to their pro- per food and way of living , and ...
Page 63
... material organs can be differently affected by the objects about us , fo , when the or- gans of sense are any how difqualified or difproportioned difproportioned to the objects about us , however near they CONSTITUTION , & c . 63.
... material organs can be differently affected by the objects about us , fo , when the or- gans of sense are any how difqualified or difproportioned difproportioned to the objects about us , however near they CONSTITUTION , & c . 63.
Page 66
... sense , and set the profeffors of it more up- on a level with the vulgar . But to re- turn : We obferved before , that the most fim- ple perceptions never ftand alone in the human mind , being , befides that con- sciousness which ...
... sense , and set the profeffors of it more up- on a level with the vulgar . But to re- turn : We obferved before , that the most fim- ple perceptions never ftand alone in the human mind , being , befides that con- sciousness which ...
Page 93
... sense and feeling ; and thus claim the command of the man , and the direction of his conduct There are two cafes , to which I believe all the rest may be reduced , wherein this com- petition can happen . The first , when there are two ...
... sense and feeling ; and thus claim the command of the man , and the direction of his conduct There are two cafes , to which I believe all the rest may be reduced , wherein this com- petition can happen . The first , when there are two ...
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