The Works of Hannah More, Volume 3Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
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Page vii
... idea of their multitudes by their mischiefs , actually gain strength , and swell their numbers by this falla- cious arithmetic . But the present work is no more intended for a panegyric on those purer characters who seek not human ...
... idea of their multitudes by their mischiefs , actually gain strength , and swell their numbers by this falla- cious arithmetic . But the present work is no more intended for a panegyric on those purer characters who seek not human ...
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... idea by the ill effects which we actually see pro- duced , through the mere levity , carelessness , and inattention ( to say no worse ) of some of those ladies , who are looked up to as standards in the fashionable world . I am ...
... idea by the ill effects which we actually see pro- duced , through the mere levity , carelessness , and inattention ( to say no worse ) of some of those ladies , who are looked up to as standards in the fashionable world . I am ...
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... idea of religion . If a warm - hearted youth has ventured to name with en- thusiasm some eminently pious character , his glowing ardour is extinguished with a laugh ; and a drawling declaration , that the person in question is really a ...
... idea of religion . If a warm - hearted youth has ventured to name with en- thusiasm some eminently pious character , his glowing ardour is extinguished with a laugh ; and a drawling declaration , that the person in question is really a ...
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... idea of im- provement does not consist in altering , but ex- tirpating . We do not reform , but subvert . do not correct old systems , but demolish them ; fancying that when every thing shall be new , it will be perfect . Not to have ...
... idea of im- provement does not consist in altering , but ex- tirpating . We do not reform , but subvert . do not correct old systems , but demolish them ; fancying that when every thing shall be new , it will be perfect . Not to have ...
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... idea of perfectibility is considered as applicable to fallen creatures ; in which the chimerical project of con- summate earthly happiness ( founded on the mad pretence of loving the poor better than God loves them ) would defeat the ...
... idea of perfectibility is considered as applicable to fallen creatures ; in which the chimerical project of con- summate earthly happiness ( founded on the mad pretence of loving the poor better than God loves them ) would defeat the ...
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