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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... 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 ones ; and I believe no wife man will much ...
... 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 ones ; and I believe no wife man will much ...
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... further than those sensual gratifications which the mere brute part of the creation poffefs in greater perfec- tion . Those who attempted to steer a middle course , having no certain foundations to build on , found themfelves involved ...
... further than those sensual gratifications which the mere brute part of the creation poffefs in greater perfec- tion . Those who attempted to steer a middle course , having no certain foundations to build on , found themfelves involved ...
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... further removed from abfolute perfection . To the first , there is more neceffary than the most ex- alted apprehenfions of the fublimest philo- fophers were ever able to reach . And un- der the last , it is evident there must be as many ...
... further removed from abfolute perfection . To the first , there is more neceffary than the most ex- alted apprehenfions of the fublimest philo- fophers were ever able to reach . And un- der the last , it is evident there must be as many ...
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... further inclination , nor any poffibility of fatiety . The notion of life likewife neceffarily implies in it certain active powers , in op- pofition to thefe maffes of dead matter , which cannot fo much as move themselves , much less ...
... further inclination , nor any poffibility of fatiety . The notion of life likewife neceffarily implies in it certain active powers , in op- pofition to thefe maffes of dead matter , which cannot fo much as move themselves , much less ...
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... further for the other two , than he has , or may have , a hand in vitiating or improving the organs or powers concerned in conducting them . The structure of the general system , where we find these three so closely united , so as none ...
... further for the other two , than he has , or may have , a hand in vitiating or improving the organs or powers concerned in conducting them . The structure of the general system , where we find these three so closely united , so as none ...
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