The Words of Hannah More ...Harper & brothers, 1836 |
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... imputation of vanity , be permitted to observe that there is a sense in which the favor she has uniformly experienced is honorable to that public who have conferred it ? Their indulgence has never been purchased by flattery ; their.
... imputation of vanity , be permitted to observe that there is a sense in which the favor she has uniformly experienced is honorable to that public who have conferred it ? Their indulgence has never been purchased by flattery ; their.
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Hannah More. Their indulgence has never been purchased by flattery ; their support has never been a payment for softening errors that require , not to be qualified , but combated ; has never been a reward for incense offered to the ...
Hannah More. Their indulgence has never been purchased by flattery ; their support has never been a payment for softening errors that require , not to be qualified , but combated ; has never been a reward for incense offered to the ...
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... never can stand out against such persuasions as he has to offer - never resist such arguments as he has prepared for their conviction . But what is still a more serious danger , has he never been tempted to overlook his own faults while ...
... never can stand out against such persuasions as he has to offer - never resist such arguments as he has prepared for their conviction . But what is still a more serious danger , has he never been tempted to overlook his own faults while ...
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... never to be dispensed with . A sound judgment will be requisite to prevent piety from being repulsive to read- ers who have been accustomed to view other intellectual sub- jects exhibited in all the proprieties of which they are seve ...
... never to be dispensed with . A sound judgment will be requisite to prevent piety from being repulsive to read- ers who have been accustomed to view other intellectual sub- jects exhibited in all the proprieties of which they are seve ...
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... never look upon any thing to be so monstrous or so minute , so insignificant or so exorbitant , as to be out of the precincts and control of eternal Providence . We shall never reduce , if the allusion may be forgiven , the powers of ...
... never look upon any thing to be so monstrous or so minute , so insignificant or so exorbitant , as to be out of the precincts and control of eternal Providence . We shall never reduce , if the allusion may be forgiven , the powers of ...
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