The Works of Hannah More, Volume 5Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
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... leading object of the poet to erect a standard of honor in direct opposition to the standard of Chris- tianity ; and this is not done subordinately , incidentally , occasion- ally ; but worldly honor is the very soul , PREFACE . 9.
... leading object of the poet to erect a standard of honor in direct opposition to the standard of Chris- tianity ; and this is not done subordinately , incidentally , occasion- ally ; but worldly honor is the very soul , PREFACE . 9.
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... soul from God to the world ? I do not presume to say that the injury will be inevitable , much less that it will be irretrievable ; but I dare repeat , that it is exposing feeble virtue to a powerful temptation ; and to a hazard so ...
... soul from God to the world ? I do not presume to say that the injury will be inevitable , much less that it will be irretrievable ; but I dare repeat , that it is exposing feeble virtue to a powerful temptation ; and to a hazard so ...
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... soul . If one of the most virtuous of poets and of men , by the cool , deliberate , argumentative manner in which he makes his Roman hero destroy himself ; this hero too a pagan , consistently illustra- ting by this action an historical ...
... soul . If one of the most virtuous of poets and of men , by the cool , deliberate , argumentative manner in which he makes his Roman hero destroy himself ; this hero too a pagan , consistently illustra- ting by this action an historical ...
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... soul which lay him so peculiarly open to seduc- tion , is too much tempted to consider as venial the sudden and un- premeditated crime to which the unresisted impulse of the mo- ment may have driven so accomplished a character . And a ...
... soul which lay him so peculiarly open to seduc- tion , is too much tempted to consider as venial the sudden and un- premeditated crime to which the unresisted impulse of the mo- ment may have driven so accomplished a character . And a ...
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... soul can give , Truth , Honor , Pity , fair Affection live- Shall scenes like these , the glory of an age , Gleam from the press , nor triumph on the stage ? Forbid it , Britons ! and , as Romans brave , Like Romans boast one citizen to ...
... soul can give , Truth , Honor , Pity , fair Affection live- Shall scenes like these , the glory of an age , Gleam from the press , nor triumph on the stage ? Forbid it , Britons ! and , as Romans brave , Like Romans boast one citizen to ...
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