Sketches of the History of Man ...: In Four Volumes ...W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, and W. Creech, 1778 |
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... tion , independent of will , and without confcioufnefs . Man is a being fufceptible of pleasure and pain : these generate defire to attain what is agreeable , and to fhun what is difagreeable ; and he is enabled by other powers to ...
... tion , independent of will , and without confcioufnefs . Man is a being fufceptible of pleasure and pain : these generate defire to attain what is agreeable , and to fhun what is difagreeable ; and he is enabled by other powers to ...
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... external action . These feveral acts are well understood ; tho ' they cannot be defined , being perfectly fimple . 2 ceffarily ceffarily produce their effect , imply inten- tion voluntary actions 8 . : . B . III . SCIENCES .
... external action . These feveral acts are well understood ; tho ' they cannot be defined , being perfectly fimple . 2 ceffarily ceffarily produce their effect , imply inten- tion voluntary actions 8 . : . B . III . SCIENCES .
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... tion voluntary actions , when the effect is probable only , are fometimes intended , fometimes not . Human actions are diftinguished from each other by certain qualities , termed right and wrong . But as these make the corner - ftone of ...
... tion voluntary actions , when the effect is probable only , are fometimes intended , fometimes not . Human actions are diftinguished from each other by certain qualities , termed right and wrong . But as these make the corner - ftone of ...
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... tion , in vain would we try to discover them by any argument or procefs of rea- foning the attempt would be abfurd ; no lefs fo than an attempt to discover by reafoning colour , or tafte , or fmell * . * Every perception must proceed ...
... tion , in vain would we try to discover them by any argument or procefs of rea- foning the attempt would be abfurd ; no lefs fo than an attempt to discover by reafoning colour , or tafte , or fmell * . * Every perception must proceed ...
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... tion of right and wrong . We find this fenfe diftributed among individuals in dif- ferent degrees of perfection : but there perhaps never exifted any one above the condition of an idiot , who poffeffed it not in fome degree ; and were ...
... tion of right and wrong . We find this fenfe diftributed among individuals in dif- ferent degrees of perfection : but there perhaps never exifted any one above the condition of an idiot , who poffeffed it not in fome degree ; and were ...
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Página 404 - For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
Página 294 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Página 394 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor which are cast out to thy house ? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh...
Página 181 - And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife : and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
Página 405 - Let us, therefore, follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Página 405 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Página 337 - At the end of all this ceremonial a number of unmarried ladies appeared, who, with particular solemnity, lifted the meat off the, table, and conveyed it into the queen's inner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes to the ladies of the court.
Página 402 - And Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him, Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night, and thou shalt arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.
Página 406 - Samaria, becaufe he was travelling to Jerufalem, his difciples James and John faid, " Lord, wilt " thou that we command fire to come " down from heaven, and confume them, « even as Elias did ?" But he rebuked (a) Epiftle of Paul to the Romans. chap. 143 G 2 them, them, and faid, " The Son of man is not " come to deftroy men's lives, but to
Página 394 - Behold ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.