Rural Philosophy: or, Reflections on knowledge, virtue, and happiness; chiefly in reference to a life of retirement in the countryLongman & Rees, 1803 - 356 sider |
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Side iv
... disposed to collect them from the tenor of his performance , than from the fairness of his pro fessions , or the solemnity of his protestations , BITISH 6 AU 85 MU HUSLUN PREFACE . THE following pages owe their birth to a iv ADVERTISEMENT .
... disposed to collect them from the tenor of his performance , than from the fairness of his pro fessions , or the solemnity of his protestations , BITISH 6 AU 85 MU HUSLUN PREFACE . THE following pages owe their birth to a iv ADVERTISEMENT .
Side viii
... disposed to be an ad- vocate for the dry moralist , who can talk of nothing but reason and fitness , and eternal and necessary relations , than for the man of sentiment , who mistakes the suggestions of fancy , and the impulses of ...
... disposed to be an ad- vocate for the dry moralist , who can talk of nothing but reason and fitness , and eternal and necessary relations , than for the man of sentiment , who mistakes the suggestions of fancy , and the impulses of ...
Side xiv
... . I would next address myself to such as are disposed to exalt the human understanding beyond all due measure , and to make philo- * See 1 Sam . xiii . 19 , 20 . sophy a rival to religion . Here , as in Xiv PREFACE .
... . I would next address myself to such as are disposed to exalt the human understanding beyond all due measure , and to make philo- * See 1 Sam . xiii . 19 , 20 . sophy a rival to religion . Here , as in Xiv PREFACE .
Side xxiii
... , it is hoped , will not entirely be wanting , at least to those who shall attend seriously and intelligently to what shall be offered . It is to such prepared readers , whose minds are well - disposed towards reli- gion , PREFACE . xxiii.
... , it is hoped , will not entirely be wanting , at least to those who shall attend seriously and intelligently to what shall be offered . It is to such prepared readers , whose minds are well - disposed towards reli- gion , PREFACE . xxiii.
Side xxiv
Ely Bates. whose minds are well - disposed towards reli- gion , and at the same time somewhat opened by education , that this small rural labour is chiefly addressed ; and should it in any de- gree be of use to establish their principles ...
Ely Bates. whose minds are well - disposed towards reli- gion , and at the same time somewhat opened by education , that this small rural labour is chiefly addressed ; and should it in any de- gree be of use to establish their principles ...
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