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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... always agreed in the thing , however they differed in the expreffion , that happiness is something VOL . I. A near * near the fame with being pleased : and to Effays on HUMAN NATURE Of Happiness and Perfection general, abfolute and limited,
... always agreed in the thing , however they differed in the expreffion , that happiness is something VOL . I. A near * near the fame with being pleased : and to Effays on HUMAN NATURE Of Happiness and Perfection general, abfolute and limited,
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Robert Riccaltoun. * near the fame with being pleased : and to be perfectly pleafed , is , indeed , to be quite happy and accordingly , what contributes to pleasure of any kind , is univerfally call- ed good ; and what gives pain , or ...
Robert Riccaltoun. * near the fame with being pleased : and to be perfectly pleafed , is , indeed , to be quite happy and accordingly , what contributes to pleasure of any kind , is univerfally call- ed good ; and what gives pain , or ...
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... pleased . And as mens taftes and fen- timents vary , fo do their pleasures . And hence arise their different purfuits , while their ultimate intentions are the fame . Thefe fort of cravings and defires are what they call instincts ...
... pleased . And as mens taftes and fen- timents vary , fo do their pleasures . And hence arise their different purfuits , while their ultimate intentions are the fame . Thefe fort of cravings and defires are what they call instincts ...
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... pleased with trifles . With thefe life be- gins and however one object may drive out another , it is but an exchange of tri- fles , unless one could fix upon what is per- fectly good ; i . e . fuch as is fitted to give perfect pleasure ...
... pleased with trifles . With thefe life be- gins and however one object may drive out another , it is but an exchange of tri- fles , unless one could fix upon what is per- fectly good ; i . e . fuch as is fitted to give perfect pleasure ...
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... pleased to exhibit it in his after works . No man can know what is past , unless he himself was a witnefs , without fome record or tradition of it ; much lefs what is to come . Yet the books of Mofes , the Prophets , and the writings of ...
... pleased to exhibit it in his after works . No man can know what is past , unless he himself was a witnefs , without fome record or tradition of it ; much lefs what is to come . Yet the books of Mofes , the Prophets , and the writings of ...
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