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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... kind , is univerfally call- ed good ; and what gives pain , or even a- bates the degree of pleafure , goes under the name of evil . ;; But as it may happen , that men as well as children may be pleafed with trifles nay , may be so far ...
... kind , is univerfally call- ed good ; and what gives pain , or even a- bates the degree of pleafure , goes under the name of evil . ;; But as it may happen , that men as well as children may be pleafed with trifles nay , may be so far ...
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... kind , bounded at least with the prospects and enjoyments of a prefent life ; and most of them went no further than those sensual gratifications which the mere brute part of the creation poffefs in greater perfec- tion . Those who ...
... kind , bounded at least with the prospects and enjoyments of a prefent life ; and most of them went no further than those sensual gratifications which the mere brute part of the creation poffefs in greater perfec- tion . Those who ...
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... kind : the leaft remiffion or abatement in any of thefe , muft produce a proportional diminution of happiness , and bring it down fo much below perfection . It scarcely needs any reflection to assure one , that the matter of this kind ...
... kind : the leaft remiffion or abatement in any of thefe , muft produce a proportional diminution of happiness , and bring it down fo much below perfection . It scarcely needs any reflection to assure one , that the matter of this kind ...
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... kind , are fo limited and confined , that they can by no means go beyond the bounds nature has fet them . There are three very different ranks and orders of beings which fall under our obfervation ; man , brutes , and vege- tables ...
... kind , are fo limited and confined , that they can by no means go beyond the bounds nature has fet them . There are three very different ranks and orders of beings which fall under our obfervation ; man , brutes , and vege- tables ...
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... kind , acuteness of 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 ...
... kind , acuteness of 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 ...
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