The Words of Hannah More ...Harper & brothers, 1836 |
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... truth , they are probably not believed . The public , then , who are neither governed by the misleadings of affection , nor influenced by the hostility of hatred , would seem to be the proper arbiters , the court from whose decision ...
... truth , they are probably not believed . The public , then , who are neither governed by the misleadings of affection , nor influenced by the hostility of hatred , would seem to be the proper arbiters , the court from whose decision ...
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... truth , and even borne with patience bold remonstrance . In return , she is willing to hope , that she has paid them a more substantial respect , by this hazardous sincerity , than if she had endeavored to conciliate their regard by ...
... truth , and even borne with patience bold remonstrance . In return , she is willing to hope , that she has paid them a more substantial respect , by this hazardous sincerity , than if she had endeavored to conciliate their regard by ...
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... truths it imparts , is not some trivial disagreement of opinion , in a matter on which persons may differ without ... truth , or he is only seeking a confirmation of his own opinions , when he should rather have been looking for their ...
... truths it imparts , is not some trivial disagreement of opinion , in a matter on which persons may differ without ... truth , or he is only seeking a confirmation of his own opinions , when he should rather have been looking for their ...
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... truth , when he ought to have penetrated its depths , that he has reconciled the reader to Christianity and to himself by a dis- ingenuous discretion , by trimming between God and the world , by concealing truths he ought to have ...
... truth , when he ought to have penetrated its depths , that he has reconciled the reader to Christianity and to himself by a dis- ingenuous discretion , by trimming between God and the world , by concealing truths he ought to have ...
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... truth , of not being honestly explicit , of not de- claring the whole counsel of God . His own heart is deeply impressed with the dignity of his subject , and he deprecates the thought of shrinking from the boldest avowal of every truth ...
... truth , of not being honestly explicit , of not de- claring the whole counsel of God . His own heart is deeply impressed with the dignity of his subject , and he deprecates the thought of shrinking from the boldest avowal of every truth ...
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