Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pages |
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... cause of reli- gion to descend to the cruel and execrable actions of murdering princes , butchery of people , and subversion of states and govern- ments ? Surely this is to bring down the Holy Ghost , instead of the likeness of a dove ...
... cause of reli- gion to descend to the cruel and execrable actions of murdering princes , butchery of people , and subversion of states and govern- ments ? Surely this is to bring down the Holy Ghost , instead of the likeness of a dove ...
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... cause of a single life is liberty , espe- cially in certain self - pleasing and humorous minds , which are so sensible of every restraint , as they will go near to think their girdles and garters to be bonds and shackles . Unmarried men ...
... cause of a single life is liberty , espe- cially in certain self - pleasing and humorous minds , which are so sensible of every restraint , as they will go near to think their girdles and garters to be bonds and shackles . Unmarried men ...
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... cause of it in him is small ; or if the envy be general , in a man- ner , upon all the ministers of an estate , then the envy ( though hidden ) is truly upon the state itself . And so much of public envy or discontent , and the ...
... cause of it in him is small ; or if the envy be general , in a man- ner , upon all the ministers of an estate , then the envy ( though hidden ) is truly upon the state itself . And so much of public envy or discontent , and the ...
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... cause of esteem , is commonly thought but a by - way to close corruption . For roughness , it is a needless cause of dis- content : severity breedeth fear , but roughness breedeth hate . Even reproofs from authority ought to be grave ...
... cause of esteem , is commonly thought but a by - way to close corruption . For roughness , it is a needless cause of dis- content : severity breedeth fear , but roughness breedeth hate . Even reproofs from authority ought to be grave ...
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... caused the an- gels to fall ; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall : but in charity there is no excees , neither can angel nor man come in danger by it . The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of ...
... caused the an- gels to fall ; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall : but in charity there is no excees , neither can angel nor man come in danger by it . The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of ...
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