The Words of Hannah More ...Harper & brothers, 1836 |
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... perhaps an ill - founded objection , suffered to invalidate the merit of the whole work ? Is not this eagerly detected fault triumphantly kept in the fore - ground , while all that is valuable is overlooked and its efficacy defeated ...
... perhaps an ill - founded objection , suffered to invalidate the merit of the whole work ? Is not this eagerly detected fault triumphantly kept in the fore - ground , while all that is valuable is overlooked and its efficacy defeated ...
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... as when , with a judgment dazzled by his ardor , he viewed it hot , and fresh drawn from the furnace . ! But perhaps when a man engages in any little service , if he did not in some degree exaggerate its value , 1242 ON THE WRITERS.
... as when , with a judgment dazzled by his ardor , he viewed it hot , and fresh drawn from the furnace . ! But perhaps when a man engages in any little service , if he did not in some degree exaggerate its value , 1242 ON THE WRITERS.
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... perhaps , the smallest of his dangers . That very self- knowledge which he has perhaps been inculcating on others , would preserve him from an undue estimation both of him- self and his book . It was the sneer of a witty , but ...
... perhaps , the smallest of his dangers . That very self- knowledge which he has perhaps been inculcating on others , would preserve him from an undue estimation both of him- self and his book . It was the sneer of a witty , but ...
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... Perhaps it will commonly be found that the reader had expected too much and the writer had done too little . The writer on religious topics is however the person who of all others ought to watch himself most narrowly . He has given a ...
... Perhaps it will commonly be found that the reader had expected too much and the writer had done too little . The writer on religious topics is however the person who of all others ought to watch himself most narrowly . He has given a ...
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... Perhaps the most humiliating moment he can ever experi- ence is , when by an accidental glance at some former work he is reminded how little he himself has profited by the very arguments with which he may have successfully combated some ...
... Perhaps the most humiliating moment he can ever experi- ence is , when by an accidental glance at some former work he is reminded how little he himself has profited by the very arguments with which he may have successfully combated some ...
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