The Words of Hannah More ...Harper & brothers, 1836 |
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... become quite blind . His friends are too timid , or too tender , to hazard the perilous intimation . If his enemies , always kindly ready to perform this neglected office of friendship , proclaim the unwelcome truth , they are probably ...
... become quite blind . His friends are too timid , or too tender , to hazard the perilous intimation . If his enemies , always kindly ready to perform this neglected office of friendship , proclaim the unwelcome truth , they are probably ...
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... become less solicitous to benefit , to the injury both of his reader and himself ? May not the very lopping and pruning his work , the flowers which he is anxiously sticking into it , the little decorations with which he is setting off ...
... become less solicitous to benefit , to the injury both of his reader and himself ? May not the very lopping and pruning his work , the flowers which he is anxiously sticking into it , the little decorations with which he is setting off ...
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... in patience , and resign our will with submission . As soon as this conviction is fully established , we become persuaded that a being of infinite love would never have placed 24 ON PROVIDENCE . CHAP II On Providence.
... in patience , and resign our will with submission . As soon as this conviction is fully established , we become persuaded that a being of infinite love would never have placed 24 ON PROVIDENCE . CHAP II On Providence.
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... become , if God did not permit inferior motives to operate to a certain degree for the general good ! Many , whom the utmost stretch of charity cannot induce us to be- lieve that they are acting from the purest principles , are yet ...
... become , if God did not permit inferior motives to operate to a certain degree for the general good ! Many , whom the utmost stretch of charity cannot induce us to be- lieve that they are acting from the purest principles , are yet ...
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... become both humble by correction , and pa- tient under it ; we should be grateful in prosperity , without being elated by it . A deep conviction of God's authority over us and his property in us , would also make us kind to others as an ...
... become both humble by correction , and pa- tient under it ; we should be grateful in prosperity , without being elated by it . A deep conviction of God's authority over us and his property in us , would also make us kind to others as an ...
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