The Moral Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces, in Prose and Verse. For the Instruction and Entertainment of YouthT. Cadell, 1773 - 376 страници |
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... Truth and Sincerity 148 151 154 · 159 163 166 The Duty of Secrecy Rules for the Knowledge of one's Self The Mercy of Affliction ; an Eaftern Story Perfonal Beauty produced by Moral Sentiment On Omens The Vifion of Mirza A Letter to Sir ...
... Truth and Sincerity 148 151 154 · 159 163 166 The Duty of Secrecy Rules for the Knowledge of one's Self The Mercy of Affliction ; an Eaftern Story Perfonal Beauty produced by Moral Sentiment On Omens The Vifion of Mirza A Letter to Sir ...
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... truth we are fpeaking of ? The ⚫ fame doctrine is fhadowed out in many other hea- then authors , tho ' at the fame time , like feveral other • revealed truths , dashed and adulterated with a mix- ture of fables and human inventions ...
... truth we are fpeaking of ? The ⚫ fame doctrine is fhadowed out in many other hea- then authors , tho ' at the fame time , like feveral other • revealed truths , dashed and adulterated with a mix- ture of fables and human inventions ...
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... truth of it is , the greatest number of this fet of inen , are those who , for want of a virtuous education , or examining the grounds of religion , know fo very little of the mat- • ter 31 ' ter in queftion , that their infidelity is ...
... truth of it is , the greatest number of this fet of inen , are those who , for want of a virtuous education , or examining the grounds of religion , know fo very little of the mat- • ter 31 ' ter in queftion , that their infidelity is ...
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... truth we are fure of , and fuch a truth as we meet with in every object , in every occurrence ,, and in every thought . If we look into the characters- of this tribe of infidels , we generally find they are made up of pride , fpleen ...
... truth we are fure of , and fuch a truth as we meet with in every object , in every occurrence ,, and in every thought . If we look into the characters- of this tribe of infidels , we generally find they are made up of pride , fpleen ...
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... truth en- gage him to make thofe happy who defire it of him , and whofe unchangeableness will fecure us in this hap- pinefs to all eternity . Such confiderations , which every one fhould per- petually cherish in his thoughts , will ...
... truth en- gage him to make thofe happy who defire it of him , and whofe unchangeableness will fecure us in this hap- pinefs to all eternity . Such confiderations , which every one fhould per- petually cherish in his thoughts , will ...
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Страница 13 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Страница 127 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad : for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Страница 346 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Страница 344 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Страница 346 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
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