The Friend: A Series of Essays to Aid in the Formation of Fixed Principles in Politics, Morals, and Religion. With Literary Amusements Interspersed, Том 3William Pickering, 1837 |
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... means within his power , to discover what may be hoped for future times , what and how lamentable are the evils to be feared , and how far there is cause for fear . If this attempt should not be made wholly in vain , my ingenious corres ...
... means within his power , to discover what may be hoped for future times , what and how lamentable are the evils to be feared , and how far there is cause for fear . If this attempt should not be made wholly in vain , my ingenious corres ...
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... mean the assumed inferi- ority of the present age in moral dignity and in- tellectual power to those which have preceded it . For if the fact were true , that we had even sur- passed our ancestors in the best of what is good ...
... mean the assumed inferi- ority of the present age in moral dignity and in- tellectual power to those which have preceded it . For if the fact were true , that we had even sur- passed our ancestors in the best of what is good ...
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... means of attaining the insight , the discriminating powers , and the confirmed wisdom of manhood , that his soul has more to demand of the appropriate excellencies of youth , than youth has yet supplied to it ; that the evil under which ...
... means of attaining the insight , the discriminating powers , and the confirmed wisdom of manhood , that his soul has more to demand of the appropriate excellencies of youth , than youth has yet supplied to it ; that the evil under which ...
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... mean proportion of enthusiasts ; and that enthusiasm must have been of no ordinary grandeur , which could draw from a common soldier , in an address to his com- rades , such a dissuasive from acting in the cruel spirit of fear , and ...
... mean proportion of enthusiasts ; and that enthusiasm must have been of no ordinary grandeur , which could draw from a common soldier , in an address to his com- rades , such a dissuasive from acting in the cruel spirit of fear , and ...
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... means of the lust after power in your own hearts . For my part I condemn his unlawful seeking after it . I condemn his falsehood and indirectness therein . But if he should not endea- vour the restoring of the kingliness to the realm ...
... means of the lust after power in your own hearts . For my part I condemn his unlawful seeking after it . I condemn his falsehood and indirectness therein . But if he should not endea- vour the restoring of the kingliness to the realm ...
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