The Works of President Edwards ...Isaac Sturtevant, Printer, 1808 |
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... agreeable to him than a greater advantage at a distance . If , on the contrary , a future advantage is preferred , then that ap- pears most agreeable , and suits him best . And so still the present volition is as the greatest apparent ...
... agreeable to him than a greater advantage at a distance . If , on the contrary , a future advantage is preferred , then that ap- pears most agreeable , and suits him best . And so still the present volition is as the greatest apparent ...
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... agreeable in one of these respects , appear least so in others : In this case , all other things being equal , the agreeableness of a proposed object of choice will be in a degree some way compounded of the degree of good supposed by ...
... agreeable in one of these respects , appear least so in others : In this case , all other things being equal , the agreeableness of a proposed object of choice will be in a degree some way compounded of the degree of good supposed by ...
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... agreeable to him he wills . If it be now most agreeable to him , all things considered , to walk , then he wills to walk . If it be now , upon the whole of what at present appears to him , most agreeable to speak , then he chooses to ...
... agreeable to him he wills . If it be now most agreeable to him , all things considered , to walk , then he wills to walk . If it be now , upon the whole of what at present appears to him , most agreeable to speak , then he chooses to ...
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