The Works of Hannah More, Volume 10T. Cadell, 1830 |
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... mean in their expression , compared with the splendid language of the sages of antiquity ; but the cause of the superiority of his conceptions is obvious . While they go about to establish their own wisdom , he submits to the wisdom of ...
... mean in their expression , compared with the splendid language of the sages of antiquity ; but the cause of the superiority of his conceptions is obvious . While they go about to establish their own wisdom , he submits to the wisdom of ...
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... mean- ing , and to taste their beauties ; so that an able critic of their writings almost ranks with him who excels in original composition . In like manner the lives of their great men abound in splendid sayings , as well as heroic ...
... mean- ing , and to taste their beauties ; so that an able critic of their writings almost ranks with him who excels in original composition . In like manner the lives of their great men abound in splendid sayings , as well as heroic ...
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... means . But as God does nothing in vain , so he never employs irrelevant instruments or superfluous He did not see fit to be at the expense of a perpetual miracle to maintain and carry on that church which he had thought proper to ...
... means . But as God does nothing in vain , so he never employs irrelevant instruments or superfluous He did not see fit to be at the expense of a perpetual miracle to maintain and carry on that church which he had thought proper to ...
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... mean virtue as distinguished from the principle of pleasing God by the act or sentiment . Some persons naturally hate cruelty , others spurn at injustice ; this man detests covetousness , that abhors oppression . Some of these ...
... mean virtue as distinguished from the principle of pleasing God by the act or sentiment . Some persons naturally hate cruelty , others spurn at injustice ; this man detests covetousness , that abhors oppression . Some of these ...
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... means . It re- quires for its sustenance aliment congenial with itself . Meditation familiarises it with its object ; prayer keeps it close to its end . If thus che- rished by perpetual exercise , sustained by the habitual contemplation ...
... means . It re- quires for its sustenance aliment congenial with itself . Meditation familiarises it with its object ; prayer keeps it close to its end . If thus che- rished by perpetual exercise , sustained by the habitual contemplation ...
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