The Words of Hannah More ...Harper & brothers, 1836 |
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Page 11
... conduct , and uncertain in their issue . Writ- ing a soundly religious book might seem to put in the claim of an exempt case ; but does experience prove that the ex- emption is infallible ? The employment is good , the motive is likely ...
... conduct , and uncertain in their issue . Writ- ing a soundly religious book might seem to put in the claim of an exempt case ; but does experience prove that the ex- emption is infallible ? The employment is good , the motive is likely ...
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... conduct his reader to the highest approach to excellence . Independent of his general defects , he is at least carefully keeping out of sight every vain thought which may have stolen upon him while writing , every evil temper which may ...
... conduct his reader to the highest approach to excellence . Independent of his general defects , he is at least carefully keeping out of sight every vain thought which may have stolen upon him while writing , every evil temper which may ...
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... conduct falls short of it , so he should himself constantly bear in mind the elevation of his own standard ; and he will be more circumspect from the persua sion , that not only his own character , but that of religion it- self , will ...
... conduct falls short of it , so he should himself constantly bear in mind the elevation of his own standard ; and he will be more circumspect from the persua sion , that not only his own character , but that of religion it- self , will ...
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... conduct to confront the counsel , and have missed all the benefit of the discourse , by the disclosure of the failing ! But allowing the worst - granting that the writer is not in * Goldsmith , Fielding , & c . & c . all points ...
... conduct to confront the counsel , and have missed all the benefit of the discourse , by the disclosure of the failing ! But allowing the worst - granting that the writer is not in * Goldsmith , Fielding , & c . & c . all points ...
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... conduct of the man as any in- fallible test of the truth of his doctrine . Allow this , and the reverse of the proposition will be pleaded against us . Take the opposite case . Do we ever produce certain moral quali- ties which Hobbes ...
... conduct of the man as any in- fallible test of the truth of his doctrine . Allow this , and the reverse of the proposition will be pleaded against us . Take the opposite case . Do we ever produce certain moral quali- ties which Hobbes ...
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