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... kind - The advancement of general happiness , by the establish- ment of just principles of conduct . This , surely , is the most important purpose for which Literature can be employed ; and no exertion can be deemed too great for its ...
... kind - The advancement of general happiness , by the establish- ment of just principles of conduct . This , surely , is the most important purpose for which Literature can be employed ; and no exertion can be deemed too great for its ...
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... kind , and are evidently intended chiefly to prepare the way for that religious purpose , to which the subject is to be turned . They form , no . doubt , a necessary introduction ; and give clear indications of a mind habituated to ...
... kind , and are evidently intended chiefly to prepare the way for that religious purpose , to which the subject is to be turned . They form , no . doubt , a necessary introduction ; and give clear indications of a mind habituated to ...
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... kind , which continually occur , are obvious departures from the rule which our author prescribed to himself . Beside these devi- ations , which appear to us unnecessary , there are other innova- tions which we cannot but think improper ...
... kind , which continually occur , are obvious departures from the rule which our author prescribed to himself . Beside these devi- ations , which appear to us unnecessary , there are other innova- tions which we cannot but think improper ...
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... kind in the present work . We have marked more than ninety such passages . To insert the proper readings would occupy several of our pages with matter , that could not be interesting to many of our readers ; but , as his lordship has ...
... kind in the present work . We have marked more than ninety such passages . To insert the proper readings would occupy several of our pages with matter , that could not be interesting to many of our readers ; but , as his lordship has ...
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... kind occasion the following re- marks from lady H. " I am no longer surprised that Italy abounds with atheists ; since a person must be as credulous as they are , to believe all the marvellous ex- ploits ascribed to Romish saints ...
... kind occasion the following re- marks from lady H. " I am no longer surprised that Italy abounds with atheists ; since a person must be as credulous as they are , to believe all the marvellous ex- ploits ascribed to Romish saints ...
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Página 949 - DOWN in a green and shady bed, A modest violet grew, Its stalk was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view.
Página 535 - But on this day, embosomed in his home, He shares the frugal meal with those he loves ; With those he loves he shares the heart-felt joy Of giving thanks to God,— not thanks of form, A word and a grimace, but reverently, With covered face and upward earnest eye.
Página 807 - What ages and what lights are requisite for THIS attainment ! This intelligence involves the very attributes of Divinity, while a God is denied: for unless this man is omnipresent, unless he is at this moment in every place in the universe, he cannot know but there may be in some place manifestations of a Deity by which even he would be overpowered. If he does not know absolutely every agent in the universe, the one that he does not know may be God. If he is not...
Página 809 - There have not been wanting trivial minds to mark this as a fault in his character. But the mere men of taste ought to be silent respecting such a man as Howard; he is above their sphere of judgment. The invisible spirits, who fulfil their commission of philanthropy among mortals, do not care about pictures, statues, and sumptuous buildings; and no more did he, when the time in which he must have inspected and admired them would have been taken from the work to which he had consecrated his life.
Página 535 - But chiefly Man the day of rest enjoys. Hail, Sabbath ! thee I hail, the poor man's day. On other days the man of toil is...
Página 902 - Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear Of tempests and the dangers of the deep, And pause at times, and feel that we are safe ; Then listen to the perilous tale again, And with an eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us.
Página 807 - If he does not know absolutely every agent in the universe, the one that he does not know may be God. If he is not himself the chief agent in the universe, and does not know what is so, that which is so may be God. If he...
Página 809 - It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction that he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life, must apply himself to the work with such a concentration of his forces, as, to idle spectators who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity.
Página 952 - Yes, said he, with firmness, I think so. Look at yourself, I replied, and consider your hands and fingers, your legs and feet, and other limbs ; are they not regular in their appearance, and useful to you? He said, they were. Came you then hither, said I, by chance ? No, he answered, that cannot be ; something must have made me.
Página 951 - I smiled at the report, and seemed inclined to disregard it; but he insisted on my going to see what had happened. Yes...