Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJohn Sharpe, 1828 - 194 pages |
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... unto nature , is weak . Yet in religious meditation there is sometimes mix- ture of vanity and of superstition . You shall read in some of the friars ' books of mortifica- tion , that a man should think with himself what the pain is ...
... unto nature , is weak . Yet in religious meditation there is sometimes mix- ture of vanity and of superstition . You shall read in some of the friars ' books of mortifica- tion , that a man should think with himself what the pain is ...
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... unto it : that is , to propagate religion by wars , or by sanguinary persecu- tions to force consciences ; except it be in cases of overt scandal , blasphemy , or inter- mixture of practice against the state ; much less to nourish ...
... unto it : that is , to propagate religion by wars , or by sanguinary persecu- tions to force consciences ; except it be in cases of overt scandal , blasphemy , or inter- mixture of practice against the state ; much less to nourish ...
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... unto which they know they must transmit their dearest pledges . Some there are , who , though they lead a sin- gle life , yet their thoughts do end with them- selves , and account future times imperti- nences ; nay , there are some ...
... unto which they know they must transmit their dearest pledges . Some there are , who , though they lead a sin- gle life , yet their thoughts do end with them- selves , and account future times imperti- nences ; nay , there are some ...
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... unto them their own for- tunes , and pointeth at them , and cometh oftener into their remembrance , and incurreth likewise more into the note of others ; and envy ever redoubleth from speech and fame . Cain's envy was the more vile and ...
... unto them their own for- tunes , and pointeth at them , and cometh oftener into their remembrance , and incurreth likewise more into the note of others ; and envy ever redoubleth from speech and fame . Cain's envy was the more vile and ...
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... unto themselves ; for nothing in- creaseth envy more than an unnecessary and ambitious engrossing of business ; and nothing doth extinguish envy more than for a great person to preserve all other inferior officers in their full rights ...
... unto themselves ; for nothing in- creaseth envy more than an unnecessary and ambitious engrossing of business ; and nothing doth extinguish envy more than for a great person to preserve all other inferior officers in their full rights ...
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