Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons ; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in PoetryJ. Johnson, 1808 - 1120 pages An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors. |
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... Religion not founded on Weakness of Mind 72 Effects of Religion , Scepticism , & c . 73 Comforts of Religion 74 Cause of Zeal to propagate Infi- delity · 75 Propagating Infidelity inexcusable 76 Religion considered as a Science , 77 -as ...
... Religion not founded on Weakness of Mind 72 Effects of Religion , Scepticism , & c . 73 Comforts of Religion 74 Cause of Zeal to propagate Infi- delity · 75 Propagating Infidelity inexcusable 76 Religion considered as a Science , 77 -as ...
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... Religious Knowledge derived from Re- velation 194 Weakness of Creed · Dryden . 265 Infidels - Unbeliever's Anon . 266 195 Moral Demoustration of the Truth of the Christian Religion Bp . Taylor . 267 196 Considerations respecting the ...
... Religious Knowledge derived from Re- velation 194 Weakness of Creed · Dryden . 265 Infidels - Unbeliever's Anon . 266 195 Moral Demoustration of the Truth of the Christian Religion Bp . Taylor . 267 196 Considerations respecting the ...
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... religion be with you , not the cold and bar- ren offspring of speculation , but the warm and vigorous dictate of the heart . Ibid . § 30. Religion never to be treated with Levity . Impress your minds with reverence for all that is ...
... religion be with you , not the cold and bar- ren offspring of speculation , but the warm and vigorous dictate of the heart . Ibid . § 30. Religion never to be treated with Levity . Impress your minds with reverence for all that is ...
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... Religion is accused of insufferable severity , in prohibiting enjoy- ment ; and the old , when they offer their admonition , are upbraided with having forgot that they once were young . And yet , my friends , to what do the constraints ...
... Religion is accused of insufferable severity , in prohibiting enjoy- ment ; and the old , when they offer their admonition , are upbraided with having forgot that they once were young . And yet , my friends , to what do the constraints ...
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... religion . Alas ! how little do they know the dangers which await them ! Neither human wisdom , nor human virtue , unsupported by religion , are equal for the trying situations which often occur in life . By the shock of temptation ...
... religion . Alas ! how little do they know the dangers which await them ! Neither human wisdom , nor human virtue , unsupported by religion , are equal for the trying situations which often occur in life . By the shock of temptation ...
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