In the species with which we are best acquainted, namely, our own, I am far, even as an observer of human life, from thinking that youth is its happiest season, much less the only happy one : as a Christian, I am willing to believe that there is a great... Views of the Creation - Página 1171826 - 180 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Paley - 1810 - 498 páginas
...thinking, that youth is its happiest season, much less the only happy one : as a Christian, I am willing to believe that there is a great deal of truth in the...representation, given by a very pious writer, as well as excellent man.* " To the intelligent and virtuous, old age presents a scene of tranquil enjoyments,... | |
| William Paley - 1811 - 574 páginas
...thinking that youth is its happiest season, much less the only happy one : as a Christian, I am willing to believe that there is a great deal of truth in the...representation given by a very pious writer, as well as excellent man* : " To the intelligent and virtuous, old age presents a scene of tranquil enjoyments,... | |
| William Paley - 1813 - 572 páginas
...thinking that youth is its happiest season, much less the only happy one : as a Christian, I am willing to believe that there is a great deal of truth in the following reprensentation given by a very pious writer, as well as excellent man*: "To the intelligent and virtuous,... | |
| William Paley - 1819 - 302 páginas
...is a great deal of truth in the following representation, given DV a very pious writer, as well as excellent man.* "To the intelligent and virtuous, old age presents a scene of tranquHenjoyments, of obedient-appetites, of well regulated affections, of maturity in knowledge, and... | |
| John Platts - 1822 - 844 páginas
...that youth is its happiest season, much less the only happy brte : as a Christian, I am willing to believe that there is a great deal of truth in the...representation given by a very pious writer, as well as excellent man, (Dr. Percival, of Manchester.) " To the intelligent and virtuous, Old Age represents... | |
| George Holden - 1822 - 316 páginas
...with the remembrance of the past, and exulting in the prospect of a haven of eternal blessedness. " To the intelligent and virtuous, old age presents a scene of tranquil enjoyments, of obedient appetite, of well-regulated affections, of maturity in knowledge, and of calm... | |
| 1922 - 320 páginas
...perhaps have better exemplified the following representation of virtuous old age by Dr. Percival. " To the intelligent and virtuous, old age presents a scene of tranquil enjoyments, of obedient appetites, of well regulated affections, of maturity in knowledge, and of calm... | |
| William Paley - 1823 - 382 páginas
...thinking that youth is its happiest season, much less the only happy one: as a Christian, 1 am willing to believe that there is a great deal of truth in the...representation given by a very pious writer, as well as excellent man :* " To the intelligent and virtuous, old age presents a scene of tranquil enjoyments,... | |
| John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 páginas
...deal of truth in the following representation given by Dr. Percival, a very pious writer, as well as excellent man : " To the intelligent and virtuous, old age presents a scene of tranquil enjoyments, of obedient appetites, of well regulated affections, of maturity in knowledge, and of calm... | |
| Charles Bucke - 1823 - 416 páginas
...informed by his wife, the following passage in PercivaTs Essays; when he was seized with apoplexy. " To the intelligent and virtuous, old age presents a scene of tranquil enjoyments ; of obedient appetite ; of well-regulated affections ; of maturity in knowledge ; and of... | |
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