Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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Page 46
... fear , who may not look back upon certain conjunctures , when their revenge has been excited , their nights disturbed , and all their comforts embittered , because some unlucky Mordecai had denied them that respect they thought their ...
... fear , who may not look back upon certain conjunctures , when their revenge has been excited , their nights disturbed , and all their comforts embittered , because some unlucky Mordecai had denied them that respect they thought their ...
Page 90
... fear , unprovided with any great store of knowledge or learning ; unformed to habits of application , or to the steady pursuit of any useful or laudable object ; must almost inevitably be given up to a scattered and dissipated life ...
... fear , unprovided with any great store of knowledge or learning ; unformed to habits of application , or to the steady pursuit of any useful or laudable object ; must almost inevitably be given up to a scattered and dissipated life ...
Page 94
... fear , more to be lamented than remedied . All these effects are much heightened by competition , in that state of society now un- der review ; in which the opulent part of a nation is supposed to bear a considerable proportion to the ...
... fear , more to be lamented than remedied . All these effects are much heightened by competition , in that state of society now un- der review ; in which the opulent part of a nation is supposed to bear a considerable proportion to the ...
Page 134
... fear more what leads to ignominy and dishonour , than to loss of wealth and fortune ; and to esteem him the hap- piest citizen who gives up his worldly goods , rather than renounce his honesty and love of justice . But those whose ...
... fear more what leads to ignominy and dishonour , than to loss of wealth and fortune ; and to esteem him the hap- piest citizen who gives up his worldly goods , rather than renounce his honesty and love of justice . But those whose ...
Page 135
... fear of divine punishment is to deter men from wickedness ; and how venerable and august that society must esteem itself , where the immortal gods themselves are believed to interpose both as judges and witnesses . " See Div . Leg . vol ...
... fear of divine punishment is to deter men from wickedness ; and how venerable and august that society must esteem itself , where the immortal gods themselves are believed to interpose both as judges and witnesses . " See Div . Leg . vol ...
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