 | William Paley - 1806 - 502 pages
...us amidst objects so ill suited to our perceptions, as to have continually offended us, instead o£ ministering to our refreshment and delight. He might...; every smell a stench; and every sound a discord. v If he had been indifferent about our happiness or misery, we must impute to our good fortune (as... | |
 | William Paley, William Hamilton Reid - 1810 - 350 pages
...perceptions, as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight. If he had been indifferent about our happiness or misery, we must have imputed to our good fortune, both the capacicy of our senses to receive pleasure, and the supply... | |
 | William Paley - 1811 - 540 pages
...by placing us amidst objects so ill suited to our perceptions, as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight....have made, for example, every thing we tasted bitter ; everything we saw loathsome; every thing we touched a sting ; every smell a stench ; and every sound... | |
 | Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 pages
...or, by placing us amid objects so ill suited to oar perceptions, as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight,...happiness or misery, we must impute to our good fortune (a$ all design, by this supposition, is excluded) both, the capacity of our senses to receive pleasure,... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1819 - 252 pages
...by placing us amidst objects so ill suited to our perceptions, as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight....indifferent about our happiness or misery, we must impu-.e to our good fortune (as all design by this supposition is excluded)- both the capacity of our... | |
 | William Paley - 1819 - 302 pages
...by placing us amidst objects, so ill suited to our perceptions, as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight. He might have made, for exam-- pie, every thing we tasted bitter; every thing. we saw loathsome; every thing we touched a sting;... | |
 | 1822 - 192 pages
...objects so ill suited to our perceptions as to have continually offended us, instead of serving for our refreshment and delight. He might have made for...touched a sting, every smell a stench, and every sound a harsh noise. We see the world abounds with contrivances!, but we should remember that all the contrivances... | |
 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...by placing us amidst objects so ill suited to our perceptions, as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight,...tasted, bitter; every thing we saw, loathsome; every thiag we touched, a sting; every smellj a stench $ and every sound. a, discord. •• '"'Ifhe hfcd... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 516 pages
...by placing us amidst objects so ill-suited to our perceptions, as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight....we must impute to our good fortune (as all design bv this supposition is excluded) both the capacity of our senses to receive pleasure, and the supply... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 pages
...by placing us amidst objects so ill suited to our perceptions, as to have continually offended us, instead of ministering to our refreshment and delight....we saw loathsome ; every thing we touched a sting 5 every smell a stench ; and every sound a discord. 3 If he had been indifferent about our happiness... | |
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If he had wished our misery, he might have made sure of his purpose, by forming our' senses to be so many sores and pains to us... 
