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... than the gratification of your animal appetites and paffions , you rank your- felves with the brute beafts ; but , as you will still retain that reflection , In which they have not , you will never have which vi The Dedication .
... than the gratification of your animal appetites and paffions , you rank your- felves with the brute beafts ; but , as you will still retain that reflection , In which they have not , you will never have which vi The Dedication .
Page vii
... animals . Afpire , therefore , to thofe fuperior pursuits and gratifications for which you were formed , and which are the preroga- tive and glory of your natures . Let me urge you , my younger hearers , to a more than ordinary at ...
... animals . Afpire , therefore , to thofe fuperior pursuits and gratifications for which you were formed , and which are the preroga- tive and glory of your natures . Let me urge you , my younger hearers , to a more than ordinary at ...
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... as the furface of the earth , the air , water , falts , minerals , & c . are adapted to answer the purposes of ve- getable and animal life , which abounds every every where ; and the former of thefe is . Natural Religion . 21.
... as the furface of the earth , the air , water , falts , minerals , & c . are adapted to answer the purposes of ve- getable and animal life , which abounds every every where ; and the former of thefe is . Natural Religion . 21.
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... animal life , or being , in some other way , useful to it ; and all animals are furnished with a variety of appetites and powers , which continually prompt them to feek , and enable them to enjoy fome kind of happiness . It seems to be ...
... animal life , or being , in some other way , useful to it ; and all animals are furnished with a variety of appetites and powers , which continually prompt them to feek , and enable them to enjoy fome kind of happiness . It seems to be ...
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... animal world to the occafions and pur- poses of man , that we may almost fay , that every thing was made for our ufe ; and though there are both plants and a- nimals , which , in some applications , are noxious to us , yet , in time ...
... animal world to the occafions and pur- poses of man , that we may almost fay , that every thing was made for our ufe ; and though there are both plants and a- nimals , which , in some applications , are noxious to us , yet , in time ...
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