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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... should be , ap- pears abundantly , without further exami- nation , from the endless variety of their o- pinions concerning it : of which a learned Roman is faid to have reckoned no fewer than two hundred and eighty - eight differ- ent ...
... should be , ap- pears abundantly , without further exami- nation , from the endless variety of their o- pinions concerning it : of which a learned Roman is faid to have reckoned no fewer than two hundred and eighty - eight differ- ent ...
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... should qualify any being for enjoy- ment , and which goes under the name of life . Some of its confequences and effects are well and familiarly known by us ; but when we come to look into the origin and cause of these , which is ...
... should qualify any being for enjoy- ment , and which goes under the name of life . Some of its confequences and effects are well and familiarly known by us ; but when we come to look into the origin and cause of these , which is ...
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... should please , or what they call con- tentment and happiness . The former may be found in the very lowest measures of improvement , and perhaps even in wild nature ; and when it refts there , is fo far from being a virtue , that it is ...
... should please , or what they call con- tentment and happiness . The former may be found in the very lowest measures of improvement , and perhaps even in wild nature ; and when it refts there , is fo far from being a virtue , that it is ...
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Robert Riccaltoun. as should have made one qualified for the enjoyments of it . To find out the original , and affign the caufe , of this neceffary imperfection , fo obfervable in the most perfect beings which fall under our obfervation ...
Robert Riccaltoun. as should have made one qualified for the enjoyments of it . To find out the original , and affign the caufe , of this neceffary imperfection , fo obfervable in the most perfect beings which fall under our obfervation ...
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... should indulge one order of spi- rits with the gift of immortality , while o- thers , not only of an inferior , but even of the fame , nay , and of a fuperior kind , are left to perish . And , on the other hand , though all the ...
... should indulge one order of spi- rits with the gift of immortality , while o- thers , not only of an inferior , but even of the fame , nay , and of a fuperior kind , are left to perish . And , on the other hand , though all the ...
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