Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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Page 31
... teach us the great insecurity of our present being , after the utmost care we can employ for its preservation . 2. Another branch of personal security which falls under the care of civil govern- ment , is the health of the subject ...
... teach us the great insecurity of our present being , after the utmost care we can employ for its preservation . 2. Another branch of personal security which falls under the care of civil govern- ment , is the health of the subject ...
Page 66
... teach the world of what dreadful enor- mities our nature is capable , when left with- out control , and abandoned to its own pro- pensities . But there is no necessity of re- curring to former periods to show , that those who have been ...
... teach the world of what dreadful enor- mities our nature is capable , when left with- out control , and abandoned to its own pro- pensities . But there is no necessity of re- curring to former periods to show , that those who have been ...
Page 105
... teach the canvass or the marble to inspire just and noble sentiments , and by transmitting durable monuments to the ho nour of such who have deserved well of mankind , may excite posterity to a laud- of Virtuosos , and of Virtue itself ...
... teach the canvass or the marble to inspire just and noble sentiments , and by transmitting durable monuments to the ho nour of such who have deserved well of mankind , may excite posterity to a laud- of Virtuosos , and of Virtue itself ...
Page 109
... and perfection ; shadows will teach realities , and creation become a mirror of the Deity . At present our condition , as not unaptly conceived by an ancient philosopher * , re- sembles that SECT . VI . ] with the Fine Arts , & c . 109.
... and perfection ; shadows will teach realities , and creation become a mirror of the Deity . At present our condition , as not unaptly conceived by an ancient philosopher * , re- sembles that SECT . VI . ] with the Fine Arts , & c . 109.
Page 117
... teacher delights to alledge , without reflecting on , the consequences , the examples of the virtuous heathens , as a reproach or excitement to his auditory ; which either hath no effect at all , or else this bad , one , to strengthen ...
... teacher delights to alledge , without reflecting on , the consequences , the examples of the virtuous heathens , as a reproach or excitement to his auditory ; which either hath no effect at all , or else this bad , one , to strengthen ...
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