Rural Philosophy: Or, Reflections on Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness : Chiefly in Reference to a Life of Retirement in the CountryA. Strahan, 1804 - 383 من الصفحات |
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... sion of its meaning , I would here remark , that , when taken generally , it is used to denote piety towards God , as well as benevolence towards men . In this sense it is found in some good writers ; and with the same exten- sive ...
... sion of its meaning , I would here remark , that , when taken generally , it is used to denote piety towards God , as well as benevolence towards men . In this sense it is found in some good writers ; and with the same exten- sive ...
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... sion to vindicate any one circumstance of his character or conduct * " and it was 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 ...
... sion to vindicate any one circumstance of his character or conduct * " and it was 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 ...
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... sion of sins , and this with a state of divine favour and reconciliation , it must com- * Luke , xiii . 3 . + In proof of this latter connection , the two following passages may be thought sufficient . Blessed is he ( fays the Pfalmist ) ...
... sion of sins , and this with a state of divine favour and reconciliation , it must com- * Luke , xiii . 3 . + In proof of this latter connection , the two following passages may be thought sufficient . Blessed is he ( fays the Pfalmist ) ...
الصفحة 106
... sion without the help of frequent and se- rious recollection . To a thoughtless young man , even the short period of the present life seems a kind of immortality ; he sees no bounds to his pursuits and his enjoy- ments ; one object ...
... sion without the help of frequent and se- rious recollection . To a thoughtless young man , even the short period of the present life seems a kind of immortality ; he sees no bounds to his pursuits and his enjoy- ments ; one object ...
الصفحة 149
... of such large comprehen- sion , and as there is no moral idea which is more easily conceived and admitted , it ought to be a primary object of education to impress L 3 SECT . II . ] The positive Means of Virtue considered . 149.
... of such large comprehen- sion , and as there is no moral idea which is more easily conceived and admitted , it ought to be a primary object of education to impress L 3 SECT . II . ] The positive Means of Virtue considered . 149.
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