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... possessed of ; and , in the event of his dying without leaving children , he appointed them to pay certain legacies and annuities to individual friends , and gave the fol- lowing instructions regarding the application of the residue of ...
... possessed of ; and , in the event of his dying without leaving children , he appointed them to pay certain legacies and annuities to individual friends , and gave the fol- lowing instructions regarding the application of the residue of ...
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... possessed any true philosophy of mind , but have been bewildered amidst innumerable contradictory theories . This ... possesses libraries filled with philosophical works , and which reckons up almost as many philosophers as writers ...
... possessed any true philosophy of mind , but have been bewildered amidst innumerable contradictory theories . This ... possesses libraries filled with philosophical works , and which reckons up almost as many philosophers as writers ...
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... possessed ; but I point them out as imperfections which ought to be removed . The late Earl of Bridgewater died in February 1829 , and left the sum of £ 8,000 , which , by his will , he directed the President of the Royal Society of ...
... possessed ; but I point them out as imperfections which ought to be removed . The late Earl of Bridgewater died in February 1829 , and left the sum of £ 8,000 , which , by his will , he directed the President of the Royal Society of ...
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... possesses , nor bestow on them their functions . Both organs and functions are as assuredly the direct gifts of the Creator , as is the eye , the ear , or the stomach . The sci- ence of optics is never questioned by any person who un ...
... possesses , nor bestow on them their functions . Both organs and functions are as assuredly the direct gifts of the Creator , as is the eye , the ear , or the stomach . The sci- ence of optics is never questioned by any person who un ...
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... possess some degree of intelligence , and certain animal propensities , but no moral feelings ; man belongs to the second , because he possesses all the three . These various faculties have received a de- finite constitution , and stand ...
... possess some degree of intelligence , and certain animal propensities , but no moral feelings ; man belongs to the second , because he possesses all the three . These various faculties have received a de- finite constitution , and stand ...
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Page 365 - Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Page 370 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves : which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another,) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
Page 372 - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, " Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, " Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like...
Page 44 - The Principles of Physiology, applied to the Preservation of Health, and to the Improvement of Physical and Mental Education.
Page 368 - A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil : for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Page 308 - I know not that we have any one kind or degree of enjoyment, but by the means of our own actions. And by prudence and care we may, for the most part, pass our days in tolerable ease and quiet ; or, on the contrary, we may, by rashness, ungoverned passion, wilfulness, or even by negligence, make ourselves as miserable as ever we please.
Page 90 - ... for the first time, you at once derive some gratification from the sight being new ; your attention is awakened, and you desire to know more about it. If it is a piece of workmanship, as an instrument, a machine of any kind, you wish to know how it is made ; how it works ; and what use it is of.
Page 158 - Never was any man more civil and obliging, and more free from jealousy, dissimulation, and envy, than Melancthon: he was humble, Fig. 4. MELANCTHON. modest, disinterested in the extreme; in a word, he possessed wonderful talents, and most noble dispositions. His greatest enemies have been forced to acknowledge that the annals of antiquity exhibit very few worthies who may be compared with him, whether extent of knowledge in things human and divine, or quickness of comprehension and fertility of genius,...
Page 90 - If you see another instrument or animal, in some respects like it, but differing in other particulars, you find it pleasing to compare them together, and to note in what they agree, and in what they differ. Now, all this kind of gratification is of a pure and disinterested nature, and has no reference to any of the common purposes of life ; yet it is a pleasure — an enjoyment. You are nothing the richer for it ; you...
Page 48 - It has been computed by some political arithmetician, that, if every man and woman would work for four hours each day on something useful, that labor would produce sufficient to procure all the necessaries and comforts of life, want and misery would be banished out of the world, and the rest of the twenty-four hours might be leisure and pleasure.