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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... true import and meaning . The truth is , all our conceptions are form- ed upon thofe fuperficial views we have of the appearances of things ; that is , their fenfible qualities , by which we come to all the knowledge we have of their ...
... true import and meaning . The truth is , all our conceptions are form- ed upon thofe fuperficial views we have of the appearances of things ; that is , their fenfible qualities , by which we come to all the knowledge we have of their ...
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... true ftandard of any in- ferior being's capacity , efpecially that of man , in which we are most concerned , it must be perverfely wrong , under a pretext of following nature , to fix on any of the lower degrees of improvement : we muft ...
... true ftandard of any in- ferior being's capacity , efpecially that of man , in which we are most concerned , it must be perverfely wrong , under a pretext of following nature , to fix on any of the lower degrees of improvement : we muft ...
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... true standard of created excellency , viz . in the extent of their capacity ; what ob- jects their constitution admits the enjoy- ment of ; in what manner , and to what purposes , they are taken in ; and how they are improved . And this ...
... true standard of created excellency , viz . in the extent of their capacity ; what ob- jects their constitution admits the enjoy- ment of ; in what manner , and to what purposes , they are taken in ; and how they are improved . And this ...
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... true dignity lies . But what we can perceive on this fuper- ficial view , however adorned and fet off , is no more but the cafe or outward cover of the man . Those who look farther , dif- E 2 cover cover under them a curious variety of ...
... true dignity lies . But what we can perceive on this fuper- ficial view , however adorned and fet off , is no more but the cafe or outward cover of the man . Those who look farther , dif- E 2 cover cover under them a curious variety of ...
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... true , eafy , and distin- guishing notion of a fpirit , is not attend- ed to ; and while they reach at what they can never attain , they lofe what might have fully answered their purpose . As it is impoffible , even by the moft ...
... true , eafy , and distin- guishing notion of a fpirit , is not attend- ed to ; and while they reach at what they can never attain , they lofe what might have fully answered their purpose . As it is impoffible , even by the moft ...
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