Rural Philosophy: Or, Reflections on Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness; Chiefly in Reference to a Life of Retirement in the CountryLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 - 276 páginas |
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... probably to do nothing more than provoke disgust or prejudice ; at least , whether such a liberty may not be permitted to a lay- man , and in a discourse which is not confined to theological topics . I know that a sacred regard is due ...
... probably to do nothing more than provoke disgust or prejudice ; at least , whether such a liberty may not be permitted to a lay- man , and in a discourse which is not confined to theological topics . I know that a sacred regard is due ...
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... probably , as the great secondary cause , by the changes it pro- duced both in the earth itself and its sur- rounding atmosphere , further multiplied the evils and gradually abridged the term of human life , and thus opposed a fresh bar ...
... probably , as the great secondary cause , by the changes it pro- duced both in the earth itself and its sur- rounding atmosphere , further multiplied the evils and gradually abridged the term of human life , and thus opposed a fresh bar ...
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... probably may , that it is for our trial , for the exercise and improvement of our virtue , and , in consequence , the advancement of our happiness ; yet is it not a strange trial , for an innocent creature to be intro- duced into being ...
... probably may , that it is for our trial , for the exercise and improvement of our virtue , and , in consequence , the advancement of our happiness ; yet is it not a strange trial , for an innocent creature to be intro- duced into being ...
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... probably the same law which dictated to his panegyrist , Adam Smith , when he so- lemnly declared , that " both in the life- time , ' and since the death , of his friend , he had always considered him as approach-、 ing as nearly to the ...
... probably the same law which dictated to his panegyrist , Adam Smith , when he so- lemnly declared , that " both in the life- time , ' and since the death , of his friend , he had always considered him as approach-、 ing as nearly to the ...
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... probably , amidst all its dis- orders , contains as much piety as any other in Christendom , we shall easily dis- cover that there are many amongst us , who hold their religion by no better tenure than what is derived from descent , the ...
... probably , amidst all its dis- orders , contains as much piety as any other in Christendom , we shall easily dis- cover that there are many amongst us , who hold their religion by no better tenure than what is derived from descent , the ...
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Página 335 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Página 164 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Página 190 - Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die : and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain ; it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain : But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Página 168 - My good Child, know this, that thou art not able to do these things of thyself, nor to walk in the Commandments of God, and to serve him, without his special grace ; which thou must learn at all times to call for by diligent prayer.
Página 145 - When I consider, what ado is made about a little Latin and Greek, how many years are spent in it, and what a noise and business it makes to no purpose, I can hardly forbear thinking that the parents of children still live in fear of the school-master's rod, which they look on as the only instrument of education; as a language or two to be its whole business.
Página 221 - For who maketh thee to differ from another ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Página 287 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 364 - I do confess, since I was of any understanding, my mind hath in effect been absent from that I have done; and in absence are many errors which I do willingly acknowledge; and amongst the rest this great one that led the rest; that knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book than to play a part, I have led my life in civil causes; for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit by the preoccupation of my mind.
Página 60 - Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey ; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness...
Página 230 - Who is David ? and who is the son of Jesse ? there be many servants nowa-days that break away every man from his master. Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be ? 12.