Tremaine: Or, The Man of Refinement, Volume 3H. Colburn, 1825 - 380 pages |
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Page 39
... evil , and the seeming want of moral Providence . But my religion would be one of obedience , resig- nation , and gratitude , were there no other . " " Good ! " said Evelyn ; " but may we not add also , one of confidence and hope ...
... evil , and the seeming want of moral Providence . But my religion would be one of obedience , resig- nation , and gratitude , were there no other . " " Good ! " said Evelyn ; " but may we not add also , one of confidence and hope ...
Page 92
... evil , both moral and physical , to such an extent of horror , as would lead us sometimes to lie down and despair . Religion must , indeed , be all she is re- presented by her votaries , if she can reconcile all these conflicting ...
... evil , both moral and physical , to such an extent of horror , as would lead us sometimes to lie down and despair . Religion must , indeed , be all she is re- presented by her votaries , if she can reconcile all these conflicting ...
Page 116
... evil ! " " It is you who will open it , if opened at all , " re- plied Evelyn ; " for my part , I am so perfectly con- tent with the immense preponderance of good in the world , as to feel little real difficulty in regard to your ...
... evil ! " " It is you who will open it , if opened at all , " re- plied Evelyn ; " for my part , I am so perfectly con- tent with the immense preponderance of good in the world , as to feel little real difficulty in regard to your ...
Page 118
... evil may be a general good . No workman , howev- er expert , can ever , either in simplicity , ingenuity , or power , come near the contrivances of the eye , of the ear , or of the joints , to be found in anatomy . No human wisdom could ...
... evil may be a general good . No workman , howev- er expert , can ever , either in simplicity , ingenuity , or power , come near the contrivances of the eye , of the ear , or of the joints , to be found in anatomy . No human wisdom could ...
Page 123
... evil when it threa- tens , and if he does not , it must be for some pur- of his into which it would be as presum- pose ing as useless to inquire . The consequence is plain : he who is so perpetually employed in preserving to us the ends ...
... evil when it threa- tens , and if he does not , it must be for some pur- of his into which it would be as presum- pose ing as useless to inquire . The consequence is plain : he who is so perpetually employed in preserving to us the ends ...
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Almighty answered Evelyn answered Tremaine argument asked Evelyn asked Tremaine barouche beautiful believe Bolingbroke brute called cause certainly chateau Chesterfield Cicero confess consequence continued Evelyn continued Tremaine creation Creator cried Evelyn cried Tremaine crime dear death Deity demonstration difficulty divine Doctor doubt Epicurus Evelyn Hall evil exclaimed existence father fear feeling free-will Georgina happiness heart Heaven hope horror immortal intuition Jules laws least Lisette Lucretius maine matter mean ment merely mind moral motion moved murder nature never object observed Evelyn observed Tremaine Orleans pause perhaps perpetual philosopher physics Place d'Orleans pleasure proof prove Providence pursued Evelyn question reason rejoined religion replied Evelyn replied Tremaine returned Evelyn returned Tremaine scepticism Scopas seemed Sennacherib sense SHAKSPEARE soul spirit suppose supposition sure tell thing thought tion Tremaine allowed true truth Voltaire whole wish wonder