The Works of Hannah More, Volume 5Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
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... thing , yet the representation of a good one might become not only harmless , but useful ; and that it re- quired nothing more than a correct judgment and a critical selec- tion , to transform a pernicious pleasure into a profitable ...
... thing , yet the representation of a good one might become not only harmless , but useful ; and that it re- quired nothing more than a correct judgment and a critical selec- tion , to transform a pernicious pleasure into a profitable ...
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... thing , which , in the present circumstances of society , is doing positive evil , from the imagined good that thing might be conjectured to produce in a supposed state of unattainable improvement . Would it not be more safe and simple ...
... thing , which , in the present circumstances of society , is doing positive evil , from the imagined good that thing might be conjectured to produce in a supposed state of unattainable improvement . Would it not be more safe and simple ...
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... things . * I have never perused any of those treatises , excellent as some of them are said to be , which pious divines have written against the pernicious tendency of theatrical entertainments . The convic- tions of my mind have arisen ...
... things . * I have never perused any of those treatises , excellent as some of them are said to be , which pious divines have written against the pernicious tendency of theatrical entertainments . The convic- tions of my mind have arisen ...
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... thing may not risk this also ; but whether the more correct and considerate Christian might not find it worth while ... things . A dangerous and bewitch- ing , especially if it be not a disreputable pleasure , may perhaps have a just ...
... thing may not risk this also ; but whether the more correct and considerate Christian might not find it worth while ... things . A dangerous and bewitch- ing , especially if it be not a disreputable pleasure , may perhaps have a just ...
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... things , as well as in great , he is a follower of Him who " pleased not himself . " Little , unobserved , and unostentatious abstinences are among the silent deeds of his daily warfare . And whoever brings himself to exercise this ...
... things , as well as in great , he is a follower of Him who " pleased not himself . " Little , unobserved , and unostentatious abstinences are among the silent deeds of his daily warfare . And whoever brings himself to exercise this ...
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