The Words of Hannah More ...Harper & brothers, 1836 |
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... virtue . He is apprehensive lest , on the one hand , when he assails vice or error , he should appear to indulge a violent or vindictive spirit , and be magisterially lifting his fallible self into the chair of authority ; lest his at ...
... virtue . He is apprehensive lest , on the one hand , when he assails vice or error , he should appear to indulge a violent or vindictive spirit , and be magisterially lifting his fallible self into the chair of authority ; lest his at ...
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... virtue because the writer possesses it , so there is no hypocrisy in recommending a quality because he himself is destitute of it ? But if , through the so frequently alleged imperfection at- tached to humanity , Christian writers do ...
... virtue because the writer possesses it , so there is no hypocrisy in recommending a quality because he himself is destitute of it ? But if , through the so frequently alleged imperfection at- tached to humanity , Christian writers do ...
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... virtue the ground of his regret ; he was abasing himself for some vanity , which like an excres- cence had grown out ... virtues , the vices of the one might be sometimes deemed about as unsubstantial as the virtues of the other actually ...
... virtue the ground of his regret ; he was abasing himself for some vanity , which like an excres- cence had grown out ... virtues , the vices of the one might be sometimes deemed about as unsubstantial as the virtues of the other actually ...
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... virtue from its legitimate reference , the act and the virtue lose their present character and their ultimate reward . The means by which an infinitely wise God often promotes the most important plans , are apt illustrations of the ...
... virtue from its legitimate reference , the act and the virtue lose their present character and their ultimate reward . The means by which an infinitely wise God often promotes the most important plans , are apt illustrations of the ...
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... virtue , but their happiness . The in- telligent child perceives his father's motive for restraining him , till the act of obedience having induced the habit , and both having broken in his rebellious will , he loves the parent the more ...
... virtue , but their happiness . The in- telligent child perceives his father's motive for restraining him , till the act of obedience having induced the habit , and both having broken in his rebellious will , he loves the parent the more ...
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