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... confider the ubiquity of the Godhead , and at the fame time to fhew , that as he is present to every thing , he cannot but be attentive to every thing , and privy to all the modes and parts of its existence : or , in other words , that ...
... confider the ubiquity of the Godhead , and at the fame time to fhew , that as he is present to every thing , he cannot but be attentive to every thing , and privy to all the modes and parts of its existence : or , in other words , that ...
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... confider as an act , the former as a habit of the mind . Mirth is fhort and tranfient , chearful nefs fixed and permanent . Those are often raifed into the greateft tranfports of mirth , who are fubject to the greateft depreffions of ...
... confider as an act , the former as a habit of the mind . Mirth is fhort and tranfient , chearful nefs fixed and permanent . Those are often raifed into the greateft tranfports of mirth , who are fubject to the greateft depreffions of ...
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... confider the world in its fubfer- viency to man , one would think it was made for our ufe ; but if we confider it in its natural beauty and harmony , one would be apt to conclude it was made for our pleafure . The fun , which is as the ...
... confider the world in its fubfer- viency to man , one would think it was made for our ufe ; but if we confider it in its natural beauty and harmony , one would be apt to conclude it was made for our pleafure . The fun , which is as the ...
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Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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