Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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Page xii
... and state , that , next to the patron- age of heaven , he looks for support and countenance ; and it is by their judgment that he is willing to stand or fall . CONTENTS . PART I. CONTAINING A VIEW OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT [ xii ]
... and state , that , next to the patron- age of heaven , he looks for support and countenance ; and it is by their judgment that he is willing to stand or fall . CONTENTS . PART I. CONTAINING A VIEW OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT [ xii ]
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... ages are thus sometimes suddenly eclipsed ; and those who were born to splen- did expectations , compelled to hire out themselves for bread ... .. It overbears all regard to reputation . This is the more observable , because a man may ...
... ages are thus sometimes suddenly eclipsed ; and those who were born to splen- did expectations , compelled to hire out themselves for bread ... .. It overbears all regard to reputation . This is the more observable , because a man may ...
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... age there have been many who , either from philo- sophy or temperament , or from both in con- junction , have made a like preference ; and even in the present period of bustle and agitation , examples are not wanting of the same ...
... age there have been many who , either from philo- sophy or temperament , or from both in con- junction , have made a like preference ; and even in the present period of bustle and agitation , examples are not wanting of the same ...
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... age . When a man is arrived at this period , and as from an emi- nence looks around upon the world , and beholds some , though endowed with every virtue and talent , abandoned to obscurity because they are poor , while others , though ...
... age . When a man is arrived at this period , and as from an emi- nence looks around upon the world , and beholds some , though endowed with every virtue and talent , abandoned to obscurity because they are poor , while others , though ...
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... age . In the first part of life , as we have already observed , money is sought chiefly for plea- sure , and in the next for consequence ; but , in the last stage , it is sought for its own sake . Avarice is the dead sea into which all ...
... age . In the first part of life , as we have already observed , money is sought chiefly for plea- sure , and in the next for consequence ; but , in the last stage , it is sought for its own sake . Avarice is the dead sea into which all ...
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