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... manner in which it is proposed to us by others . I have already mentioned the powerful influence that oratory and ... manners of proposals , whereby mistaken sentiments are powerfully con- veyed into the mind . a 66 Some persons are ...
... manner in which it is proposed to us by others . I have already mentioned the powerful influence that oratory and ... manners of proposals , whereby mistaken sentiments are powerfully con- veyed into the mind . a 66 Some persons are ...
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... manner of proposing our own opinion , or rather opposing the opinions of others , which demands à mention here , and that is when persons make a jest serve instead of an argument ; when they refute what they call error by a turn of wit ...
... manner of proposing our own opinion , or rather opposing the opinions of others , which demands à mention here , and that is when persons make a jest serve instead of an argument ; when they refute what they call error by a turn of wit ...
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... manner of speech , but their thoughts are trifling and impertinent . Some are good neighbours , and courteous , and charitable toward men , who have no piety towards God ; others are truly religious , but of morose natural tempers ...
... manner of speech , but their thoughts are trifling and impertinent . Some are good neighbours , and courteous , and charitable toward men , who have no piety towards God ; others are truly religious , but of morose natural tempers ...
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... manner , and we may adopt any mode of expression we please , pro- vided it will convey to others a correct description of what we mean . Thus we may say― " Motion is a change of place . Swiftness is the passing over a long space in a ...
... manner , and we may adopt any mode of expression we please , pro- vided it will convey to others a correct description of what we mean . Thus we may say― " Motion is a change of place . Swiftness is the passing over a long space in a ...
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... manner fit to persuade . Natural philosophy is the knowledge of the properties of bodies , and the various effects of them , or it is the knowledge of the various appearances in nature , and their causes ; and logic is the art of using ...
... manner fit to persuade . Natural philosophy is the knowledge of the properties of bodies , and the various effects of them , or it is the knowledge of the various appearances in nature , and their causes ; and logic is the art of using ...
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Page 276 - Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead ? " But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen.
Page 140 - And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
Page 366 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Page 219 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 15 - Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naamau was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them, and be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage.
Page 237 - But when I saw that they walked not uprightly, according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter, before them all ; If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews...
Page 54 - Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Page 125 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord ; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 38 - But whoso hath this world's goods, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Page 16 - Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people...