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... fuch a fenfation could not be felt , unlefs fuch a quality of bodies exifted ? No. Can it be proved by probable or certain arguments ? No , it cannot . got this belief then by tradition , by education , or by experi- ence ? No , it is ...
... fuch a fenfation could not be felt , unlefs fuch a quality of bodies exifted ? No. Can it be proved by probable or certain arguments ? No , it cannot . got this belief then by tradition , by education , or by experi- ence ? No , it is ...
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... fuch thing as light : but he can be informed of every thing we know about it . He can conceive , as diftinctly as we , the minutenefs and velocity of its rays , their various degrees of refrangibility and reflexibility , and all the ...
... fuch thing as light : but he can be informed of every thing we know about it . He can conceive , as diftinctly as we , the minutenefs and velocity of its rays , their various degrees of refrangibility and reflexibility , and all the ...
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... fuch words to exprefs fuch things . But all experience is of the past , and can , of itself , give no notion or belief of what is fu- ture . How come we then to believe , and to rely upon it with affurance , that men who have it in ...
... fuch words to exprefs fuch things . But all experience is of the past , and can , of itself , give no notion or belief of what is fu- ture . How come we then to believe , and to rely upon it with affurance , that men who have it in ...
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... fuch an original principle as we have mentioned ; I anfwer , firft , That moral or political confiderations can have no influence , until we arrive at years of understanding and reflection ; and it is certain from experience , that ...
... fuch an original principle as we have mentioned ; I anfwer , firft , That moral or political confiderations can have no influence , until we arrive at years of understanding and reflection ; and it is certain from experience , that ...
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... fuch a quantity of writings ? he replied , that he had almost twice as much piled up in two cellars ; and faid there was another of his profeffion in the fame place , who had as much if not more business than himself . • People of all ...
... fuch a quantity of writings ? he replied , that he had almost twice as much piled up in two cellars ; and faid there was another of his profeffion in the fame place , who had as much if not more business than himself . • People of all ...
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Page 364 - And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
Page 363 - Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead ; and, behold, He goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see Him: lo, I have told you.
Page 327 - Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace : And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood ; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
Page 363 - And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
Page 324 - Then cometh the end, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father, that God may be all in all...
Page 122 - Besides, the communicating of ideas marked by words is not the chief and only end of language, as is commonly supposed. There are other ends, as the raising of some passion, the exciting to or deterring from an action, the putting the mind in some particular disposition...
Page 62 - On the north side of the trunk are two large tanks, or cisterns, of rough stone, or rather one cistern divided, each half being twenty feet square, and sixteen spans in depth.
Page 17 - Another original principle, implanted in us by the Supreme Being, is a disposition to confide in the veracity of others, and to believe what they tell us.
Page 169 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Page 60 - ... furface of them was not quite fo blue and fmooth, but had the appearance of. very white wool ; and where this cloudy ocean, as I may .call it, touched the fhore, it feemed to foam like billows breaking on the fhore.