The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life, Volume 2Goodrich, 1827 |
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... believe to what dangers I expose myself , for the sake of be- ing celebrated by you ! ' ablest of his successors control . 6 just a subject of admiration , was , doubtless , That powerful oratory , which is to us so no inconsiderable ...
... believe to what dangers I expose myself , for the sake of be- ing celebrated by you ! ' ablest of his successors control . 6 just a subject of admiration , was , doubtless , That powerful oratory , which is to us so no inconsiderable ...
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... believe , were they not confirmed by the general voice of antiquity : all these con- curring circumstances induced a deprava tion of morals of which less enlightened countries do not often present an example . The profane and impure ...
... believe , were they not confirmed by the general voice of antiquity : all these con- curring circumstances induced a deprava tion of morals of which less enlightened countries do not often present an example . The profane and impure ...
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... believe that final catastrophe might have been antece- an historian , though he may be partial and dently known , or by what measures it might interested , yet , if he be keen - sighted and in- have been averted . He is interested not ...
... believe that final catastrophe might have been antece- an historian , though he may be partial and dently known , or by what measures it might interested , yet , if he be keen - sighted and in- have been averted . He is interested not ...
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... believe that he had a prerogative to declare vice to be vir- tue . ' And in one of the noblest speeches on record , in answer to a dishonourable request of the king , that he would visit some of his majesty's infamous associates ; he ...
... believe that he had a prerogative to declare vice to be vir- tue . ' And in one of the noblest speeches on record , in answer to a dishonourable request of the king , that he would visit some of his majesty's infamous associates ; he ...
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... believe it was his great object to abolish . Nor was he ever able to adorn his own brows with But , if astronomy shows the diminutive- ness of that globe , for a very small portion of which kings contend , in comparison with the ...
... believe it was his great object to abolish . Nor was he ever able to adorn his own brows with But , if astronomy shows the diminutive- ness of that globe , for a very small portion of which kings contend , in comparison with the ...
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Page 76 - Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone.
Page 280 - For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing ? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming ? For ye are our glory and joy.
Page 47 - Not that I speak in respect of want : for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
Page 315 - My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire : that it hath alway unto thy judgements. 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud : and cursed are they that do err from thy commandments.
Page 132 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Page 416 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 275 - What mean ye to weep, and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Page 219 - BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Page 421 - To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
Page 20 - In the sun's orb, made porous to receive And drink the liquid light ; firm to retain Her gather'd beams, great palace now of light. Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light...