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 121
... sure , That no motive whatfoever has any in- fluence until it is perceived ; nor any further than the force of it is perceived ; that is , un- til it has made its impreffion . The thing may be known in theory ; but the differ- ence is ...
... sure , That no motive whatfoever has any in- fluence until it is perceived ; nor any further than the force of it is perceived ; that is , un- til it has made its impreffion . The thing may be known in theory ; but the differ- ence is ...
Page 184
... Sure their natural powers must be very low , when in all that time they could not find out how to make their beft of what they had among their hands . But if we fhould allow that these are hardly men ; which yet is by no means the cafe ...
... Sure their natural powers must be very low , when in all that time they could not find out how to make their beft of what they had among their hands . But if we fhould allow that these are hardly men ; which yet is by no means the cafe ...
Page 389
... sure of the continuance of it : fo that , upon the whole , we shall have more reafon to be displeased than delighted with the profpect ; and of course find nothing to endear to us the cha- racter of the fovereign difpofer of all . But ...
... sure of the continuance of it : fo that , upon the whole , we shall have more reafon to be displeased than delighted with the profpect ; and of course find nothing to endear to us the cha- racter of the fovereign difpofer of all . But ...
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