The Words of Hannah More ...Harper & brothers, 1836 |
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... errors that require , not to be qualified , but combated ; has never been a reward for incense offered to the passions ... error , be , as to the intention , the worst of injuries , however powerless the writer might be in making a bad ...
... errors that require , not to be qualified , but combated ; has never been a reward for incense offered to the passions ... error , be , as to the intention , the worst of injuries , however powerless the writer might be in making a bad ...
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... error , good is separated from evil by such slight partitions , and the deflection from what is right is so easy , that even undertak- ings which should seem most exempt from danger are yet insecure in their conduct , and uncertain in ...
... error , good is separated from evil by such slight partitions , and the deflection from what is right is so easy , that even undertak- ings which should seem most exempt from danger are yet insecure in their conduct , and uncertain in ...
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... errors obvious to all but himself ; or else may he not use the file too assiduously , and by over - labor in smoothing the asperi- ties of his style , diminish the force of his meaning , and polish honest vigor into unprofitable ...
... errors obvious to all but himself ; or else may he not use the file too assiduously , and by over - labor in smoothing the asperi- ties of his style , diminish the force of his meaning , and polish honest vigor into unprofitable ...
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... errors , he will also not fail to bear in mind , that he who gave the talents , gave also the right bent to the use of ... error , does he never feel a sort of conscious superiority to certain individuals of his acquaintance , who may be ...
... errors , he will also not fail to bear in mind , that he who gave the talents , gave also the right bent to the use of ... error , does he never feel a sort of conscious superiority to certain individuals of his acquaintance , who may be ...
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Hannah More. have fallen into errors , and yet deserve to have no heavier charge brought against him than he has ... error , he should appear to indulge a violent or vindictive spirit , and be magisterially lifting his fallible self ...
Hannah More. have fallen into errors , and yet deserve to have no heavier charge brought against him than he has ... error , he should appear to indulge a violent or vindictive spirit , and be magisterially lifting his fallible self ...
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