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... and clergymen , statesmen , philosophers , historians , poets , and physi- cians ; many of whom were not less distin- guished for their extensive acquirements in learning and science , than for the homage they paid X PREFACE .
... and clergymen , statesmen , philosophers , historians , poets , and physi- cians ; many of whom were not less distin- guished for their extensive acquirements in learning and science , than for the homage they paid X PREFACE .
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... philosopher for its argument , -and the saint for its piety . As the main object of this and the succeeding narratives is to detail the several steps which led from profligacy and im- piety , to a total change of manners and opinions ...
... philosopher for its argument , -and the saint for its piety . As the main object of this and the succeeding narratives is to detail the several steps which led from profligacy and im- piety , to a total change of manners and opinions ...
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... philosophers have been sensible of this , and tried to remedy it . Every man feels it who attempts to govern himself by the laws of reason . He has to encounter a per- petual struggle between duty and inclination , be tween the rational ...
... philosophers have been sensible of this , and tried to remedy it . Every man feels it who attempts to govern himself by the laws of reason . He has to encounter a per- petual struggle between duty and inclination , be tween the rational ...
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... philosophers only can comprehend . The honesty which characterized its founder and its first apostles , shewed there could be no arti- fice ; there were no secrets kept only among those of the priesthood , but every thing was open to ...
... philosophers only can comprehend . The honesty which characterized its founder and its first apostles , shewed there could be no arti- fice ; there were no secrets kept only among those of the priesthood , but every thing was open to ...
Side 55
... philosopher is a mystery to a child or a clown ; and the inventions of modern times would appear a mystery to those who lived in the infancy of society . We cannot compre- hend , or even conceive , how soul and body should so unite ...
... philosopher is a mystery to a child or a clown ; and the inventions of modern times would appear a mystery to those who lived in the infancy of society . We cannot compre- hend , or even conceive , how soul and body should so unite ...
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Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications Constable and co, ltd Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1831 |
Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications Constable and co, ltd Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1833 |
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Side 41 - Rochester ;" which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety.
Side 28 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Side 32 - To this he answered, a man could not write with life, unless he were heated by revenge : for to make a satire without resentments, upon the cold notions of philosophy, was as if a man would in cold blood, cut men's throats who had never offended him : and he said, the lies in these libels came often in as ornaments that could not be spared without spoiling the beauty of the poem.
Side 89 - Sermons in the year, for Proving the Christian Religion against notorious Infidels, viz., Atheists, Theists, Pagans, Jews, and Mahometans, not descending lower to any controversies that are among Christians themselves...
Side 205 - I did not, at the time, think the best. I have seen that I was sometimes in the wrong, but I did not err designedly. I have endeavoured, in private life, to do all the good in my power, and never for a moment could indulge malicious or unjust designs upon any person whatsoever.
Side 204 - ... thought proper for him. On Saturday he had been remarkably better, and we were not without some hopes of his recovery. " On Sunday, about eleven in the forenoon, his lordship sent for me, and said he felt a great hurry, and wished to have a little conversation with me in order to divert it.
Side 205 - I saw difficulties which staggered me ; but I kept my mind open to conviction. The evidences and doctrines of Christianity, studied with attention, made me a most firm and persuaded believer of the Christian religion.' I have made it the rule of my life, and it is the ground of my future hopes. I have erred and sinned ; but have repented, and never indulged any vicious habit. In politics and public life I have made public good the rule of my conduct.
Side 70 - Of the high veneration man's intellect owes to God, peculiarly for his wisdom and power,
Side 175 - THOSE who were skilful in anatomy, among the ancients, concluded, from the outward and inward make of a human body, that it was the work of a Being transcendently wise and powerful. As the world grew more enlightened in this art, their discoveries gave them fresh opportunities of admiring the conduct of Providence in the formation of a human body.
Side 305 - That John Bunyan, of the town of Bedford, labourer, being a person of such and such conditions, he hath, since such a time, devilishly and perniciously abstained from coming to church to hear Divine service, and is a common upholder of several unlawful meetings and conventicles, to the great disturbance and distraction of the good subjects of this kingdom, contrary to the laws of our sovereign lord the king, etc.