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... true , that all ideas which are not perceptions , are conceptions , and that conceptions are some of them , at- tended by feelings of relations , and some are not . But seeing that there really does exist such distinctions between Memo ...
... true , that all ideas which are not perceptions , are conceptions , and that conceptions are some of them , at- tended by feelings of relations , and some are not . But seeing that there really does exist such distinctions between Memo ...
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... true that there are some principles which lie at the foundation of all knowledge , which seem to depend solely on the original constitution of the mind ; such for example as be- lief in personal identity , and the belief in the ...
... true that there are some principles which lie at the foundation of all knowledge , which seem to depend solely on the original constitution of the mind ; such for example as be- lief in personal identity , and the belief in the ...
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... true the mind of man can foresee , only by a process of reasoning , by which it is inferred , that the future will in given circumstances , resemble the past . And how the Eternal Mind can foresee by intuition , all the events which ...
... true the mind of man can foresee , only by a process of reasoning , by which it is inferred , that the future will in given circumstances , resemble the past . And how the Eternal Mind can foresee by intuition , all the events which ...
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... true cause is discovered . The sound of the lowing of kine in certain circumstances is very beauti- ful , and in others very vulgar and displeasing . Music seems to owe its chief power over the mind to the fact that it can combine all ...
... true cause is discovered . The sound of the lowing of kine in certain circumstances is very beauti- ful , and in others very vulgar and displeasing . Music seems to owe its chief power over the mind to the fact that it can combine all ...
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... true , as in reference to sound , that the alteration of circumstances will very materially alter the nature of the emotions connected with them . If they are so combined as to cause incongruous emotions , or if they do not harmo- nize ...
... true , as in reference to sound , that the alteration of circumstances will very materially alter the nature of the emotions connected with them . If they are so combined as to cause incongruous emotions , or if they do not harmo- nize ...
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Page 308 - And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so ? 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest thou me?
Page 373 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 353 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 306 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Page 352 - Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep...
Page 376 - For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good Word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Page 306 - Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 303 - Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him?
Page 222 - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Page 293 - And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.