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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... led to conceive of life , and the powers of it , as including every thing neceffary to make out a capacity for every enjoyment . In its loweft degree , it ap- B 2 pears pears to carry in it the power of perceiving the and PERFECTION . ΙΙ.
... led to conceive of life , and the powers of it , as including every thing neceffary to make out a capacity for every enjoyment . In its loweft degree , it ap- B 2 pears pears to carry in it the power of perceiving the and PERFECTION . ΙΙ.
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Robert Riccaltoun. pears to carry in it the power of perceiving the objects that fall within its observation ; of which there must be an endless variety , ac- cording to the different measures of ftrength and weakness : nor can the ...
Robert Riccaltoun. pears to carry in it the power of perceiving the objects that fall within its observation ; of which there must be an endless variety , ac- cording to the different measures of ftrength and weakness : nor can the ...
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... carry in it the marks of his fuperiority over other ani- mals . However that may be , it is cer- tainly wrong to talk contemptibly of it , as it is fuited to answer the purposes of that life which he is defigned for , and wherein his ...
... carry in it the marks of his fuperiority over other ani- mals . However that may be , it is cer- tainly wrong to talk contemptibly of it , as it is fuited to answer the purposes of that life which he is defigned for , and wherein his ...
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... carried on in the fame necessary course ; that it is impoffible any thing can be o- therwise than it comes out to be . Which would put an end at once to the whole of our inquiry after happiness : The whole of what is called improvement ...
... carried on in the fame necessary course ; that it is impoffible any thing can be o- therwise than it comes out to be . Which would put an end at once to the whole of our inquiry after happiness : The whole of what is called improvement ...
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... carried on to its proper bulk and ftature , precisely in the fame manner that those of other animals are ; which the active principle in man has no more power either to hinder or for- ward , than if there was none at all there unless by ...
... carried on to its proper bulk and ftature , precisely in the fame manner that those of other animals are ; which the active principle in man has no more power either to hinder or for- ward , than if there was none at all there unless by ...
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