The Works of William Paley: With a Life, Volume 4F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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Page v
... amongst other motives , for the purpose of making the most acceptable return that I could , for a great and important benefit conferred upon me . It may be unnecessary , yet not perhaps quite impertinent , to state to your Lordship ...
... amongst other motives , for the purpose of making the most acceptable return that I could , for a great and important benefit conferred upon me . It may be unnecessary , yet not perhaps quite impertinent , to state to your Lordship ...
Page vi
... amongst other consequences , left me much at leisure . That leisure was not to be lost . It was only in my study that I could repair my deficiencies in the church ; it was only through the press that I could speak . These circumstances ...
... amongst other consequences , left me much at leisure . That leisure was not to be lost . It was only in my study that I could repair my deficiencies in the church ; it was only through the press that I could speak . These circumstances ...
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... amongst other answers which may be given to it , besides reasons of which probably we are ignorant , one answer is this : It is only by the display of contrivance , that the existence , the agency , the wisdom of the Deity , could be ...
... amongst other answers which may be given to it , besides reasons of which probably we are ignorant , one answer is this : It is only by the display of contrivance , that the existence , the agency , the wisdom of the Deity , could be ...
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... Amongst in- animate substances , a clod , a pebble , a liquid drop , might be ; but never was a watch , a telescope , an organised body of any kind , answering a valu- able purpose by a complicated mechanism , the ef- fect of chance ...
... Amongst in- animate substances , a clod , a pebble , a liquid drop , might be ; but never was a watch , a telescope , an organised body of any kind , answering a valu- able purpose by a complicated mechanism , the ef- fect of chance ...
Page 67
... amongst their secretions not only the most various , but the most opposite properties ; the most nutritious aliment , the deadliest poison ; the sweetest perfumes , the most fœtid odours . Of these the greater part , as the gastric ...
... amongst their secretions not only the most various , but the most opposite properties ; the most nutritious aliment , the deadliest poison ; the sweetest perfumes , the most fœtid odours . Of these the greater part , as the gastric ...
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