The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 4F. and C. Rivington, 1815 |
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... human passions has ever been the object of philosophical enquiry ; it must however be confessed , that little has been added in later ages to the Nicomachean ethics of the ancient sage , and that as a masterly delineation of the moral ...
... human passions has ever been the object of philosophical enquiry ; it must however be confessed , that little has been added in later ages to the Nicomachean ethics of the ancient sage , and that as a masterly delineation of the moral ...
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... human nature ; It is as much the design of Providence that Man should be improved and refined , as that he should sub- sist , or continue his species . Were not this the case , numberless provisions of Providence would be wholly thrown ...
... human nature ; It is as much the design of Providence that Man should be improved and refined , as that he should sub- sist , or continue his species . Were not this the case , numberless provisions of Providence would be wholly thrown ...
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... human exertions , and therefore in human improvements . Men would certainly have had their Reason to prompt them to improve themselves and their con- dition ; and a prospect of advantage ; but it has been observed , that it is chiefly ...
... human exertions , and therefore in human improvements . Men would certainly have had their Reason to prompt them to improve themselves and their con- dition ; and a prospect of advantage ; but it has been observed , that it is chiefly ...
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... you , " are so simple and yet so just , that although our extracts have been ne . cessarily long , we cannot forbear from transcribing . « No. " No motive could be offered to the human mind Hey's Sermons on the Malevolent Sentiments . 15.
... you , " are so simple and yet so just , that although our extracts have been ne . cessarily long , we cannot forbear from transcribing . « No. " No motive could be offered to the human mind Hey's Sermons on the Malevolent Sentiments . 15.
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... human folly and ingratitude . And if you say , that this the nature of all religious motives , we need only observe in reply , that Christianity has greatly improved religion , that it has greatly strengthened our hopes of future ...
... human folly and ingratitude . And if you say , that this the nature of all religious motives , we need only observe in reply , that Christianity has greatly improved religion , that it has greatly strengthened our hopes of future ...
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