The Works of Hannah More, Volumen4Henry G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... thought to require an apology , it is surely the slight work which is now , with the most respectful deference , submitted , not to the public only , but especially to those who may be more immediately interested in the important object ...
... thought to require an apology , it is surely the slight work which is now , with the most respectful deference , submitted , not to the public only , but especially to those who may be more immediately interested in the important object ...
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... thought warrantable , because every possible gratification is within reach , what would be the result , but the full - blown luxuriance of folly vice , and misery ? The laws of human nature wil not bend to human greatness ; and by these ...
... thought warrantable , because every possible gratification is within reach , what would be the result , but the full - blown luxuriance of folly vice , and misery ? The laws of human nature wil not bend to human greatness ; and by these ...
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... thought sufficient . Profitable and delightful as these pursuits are to others , ( and no one more admires them than the writer of this essay , ) yet the royal personage must not be examining plants , when she should be studying laws ...
... thought sufficient . Profitable and delightful as these pursuits are to others , ( and no one more admires them than the writer of this essay , ) yet the royal personage must not be examining plants , when she should be studying laws ...
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... thought she was only diverted . Folly may be made contemptible , affectation ridiculous , vice hateful , and virtue beau- tiful , by such seemingly unpremeditated means , as shall have the effect , without having the effort , of a ...
... thought she was only diverted . Folly may be made contemptible , affectation ridiculous , vice hateful , and virtue beau- tiful , by such seemingly unpremeditated means , as shall have the effect , without having the effort , of a ...
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... thoughts from wandering , accus- tom her to weigh fairly and resolve soundly ; will conquer irresolution in her mind ; preserve her from being easily deceived by false reasoning , startled by doubts , and confounded by objections . She ...
... thoughts from wandering , accus- tom her to weigh fairly and resolve soundly ; will conquer irresolution in her mind ; preserve her from being easily deceived by false reasoning , startled by doubts , and confounded by objections . She ...
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