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... that we must admire whatever our superiors admire , and condemn whatever
they are pleased to condemn ; - - that true politeness is to have no thought , no
soul , no sentiment of our own , but a graceful resignation of the plainest dictates
of ...
... that we must admire whatever our superiors admire , and condemn whatever
they are pleased to condemn ; - - that true politeness is to have no thought , no
soul , no sentiment of our own , but a graceful resignation of the plainest dictates
of ...
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to preserve due subordination , He has thought it good to deny to these Animals
those faculties of Reason and Speech , with which he has been pleased to bless
and distinguilh Mankind . Yet ungrateful Man , with all his Reafon unreasonable ...
to preserve due subordination , He has thought it good to deny to these Animals
those faculties of Reason and Speech , with which he has been pleased to bless
and distinguilh Mankind . Yet ungrateful Man , with all his Reafon unreasonable ...
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... but he has likewise been pleased to give particular Laws , by Precept or by
Example , for the regulation of our conduct towards those Brutes , who are more
immediately within our power ; and therefore are most liable to suffer by the
abuse of ...
... but he has likewise been pleased to give particular Laws , by Precept or by
Example , for the regulation of our conduct towards those Brutes , who are more
immediately within our power ; and therefore are most liable to suffer by the
abuse of ...
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Balaam ' s ånger was kindled into a flame , and ascended to its height , the Lord
himself was pleased to interpose in behalf of the abused animal , by opening the
mouth of the ASS ; and he said unto Balaam , What have I done unto thee ; that ...
Balaam ' s ånger was kindled into a flame , and ascended to its height , the Lord
himself was pleased to interpose in behalf of the abused animal , by opening the
mouth of the ASS ; and he said unto Balaam , What have I done unto thee ; that ...
Page 279
I may call the SECOND Commandment with PROMISE . What GOD hath been
pleased to join together with the very fame promise , let not the folly or cruelty of
man put asunder . Oh Mother ! think upon this golden chain of innumerable links
of ...
I may call the SECOND Commandment with PROMISE . What GOD hath been
pleased to join together with the very fame promise , let not the folly or cruelty of
man put asunder . Oh Mother ! think upon this golden chain of innumerable links
of ...
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Page 248 - Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Page 88 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the earth after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Page 117 - O give thanks unto the God of heaven : for his mercy endureth for ever.
Page 98 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat :
Page 165 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Page 168 - For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.
Page 87 - And GOD created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and GOD saw that it was good. And GOD blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Page 184 - The lord then answered him, and said Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall and lead him away to watering?
Page 315 - I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. "And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Page 310 - And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark...
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Dissertation on the Duty of Mercy and Sin of Cruely to Brute Animals |
| Author | Humphrey Primatt |
| Publisher | T. Cadell, 1776 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 26 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 326 pages |
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