A Grammar of Moral Philosophy, and Natural Theology: With a Summary of the Evidences of Christianity. Abstracted Chiefly from the Works of Dr. Paley. To which are Subjoined, Questions and Tables, Adapted to the Study of the Sacred ScripturesD. Longworth, 1817 - 248 |
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... never actually exist . For no being can pursue misery for its own sake . 77. The agent is said to be virtuous , though imperfectly so , all whose habits and affections tend to his own ultimate felicity . 78. That agent is denominated ...
... never actually exist . For no being can pursue misery for its own sake . 77. The agent is said to be virtuous , though imperfectly so , all whose habits and affections tend to his own ultimate felicity . 78. That agent is denominated ...
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... never the object of it . The sickle is not made to cut the reaper's hands , but from its construction and use , this mischief often happens . But instruments of torture , as the infernal rack , are of a different kind ; here pain and ...
... never the object of it . The sickle is not made to cut the reaper's hands , but from its construction and use , this mischief often happens . But instruments of torture , as the infernal rack , are of a different kind ; here pain and ...
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... never thinking about it ) but that the butcher will send in the joint of meat which I ordered ; that his servant will bring it ; that my cook will dress it ; that my footman will serve it up , and that I shall find it upon table at one ...
... never thinking about it ) but that the butcher will send in the joint of meat which I ordered ; that his servant will bring it ; that my cook will dress it ; that my footman will serve it up , and that I shall find it upon table at one ...
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... never been made . Ex . A captive may lawfully recover his liberty , by a pro- mise of neutrality , for his conqueror takes nothing by the pro- mise , which he might not have secured by his death or confine- ment . Again , promises of ...
... never been made . Ex . A captive may lawfully recover his liberty , by a pro- mise of neutrality , for his conqueror takes nothing by the pro- mise , which he might not have secured by his death or confine- ment . Again , promises of ...
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... never to give a pro- mise which may interfere , in the event , with their duty , " for if it do interfere , their duty must be discharged , though at the expense of their promise , and not unusually of their good name . OF CONTRACTS ...
... never to give a pro- mise which may interfere , in the event , with their duty , " for if it do interfere , their duty must be discharged , though at the expense of their promise , and not unusually of their good name . OF CONTRACTS ...
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