The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature: To which are Added: Two Brief Dissertations: I. On Personal Identity. II. On the Nature of Virtue, Together with a Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Durham, at the Primary Visitation, in the Year M.DCC.LI |
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