The Friend: A Series of Essays, in Three Volumes, to Aid in the Formation of Fixed Principles in Politics, Morals, and Religion, with Literary Amusements Interspersed, Band 3R. Fenner, 1818 - 375 Seiten |
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... never have forced itself upon his notice , if it had not contained a body that was distinguished from others , that of a man who had been selected as a chieftain or ruler for the very reason that he surpassed the rest . of his tribe in ...
... never have forced itself upon his notice , if it had not contained a body that was distinguished from others , that of a man who had been selected as a chieftain or ruler for the very reason that he surpassed the rest . of his tribe in ...
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... never perhaps existed a school - boy who , hav- ing when he retired to rest , carelessly blown out his candle , and having chanced to notice , as he lay upon his bed in the ensuing darkness , the sullen light which had survived the ...
... never perhaps existed a school - boy who , hav- ing when he retired to rest , carelessly blown out his candle , and having chanced to notice , as he lay upon his bed in the ensuing darkness , the sullen light which had survived the ...
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... suppose no indifference to , much less a contempt of , these rewards ; but let them have their due place ; let it be ascertained , when the soul is searched into , that they are only an auxiliary motive to exertion , never the principal 53.
... suppose no indifference to , much less a contempt of , these rewards ; but let them have their due place ; let it be ascertained , when the soul is searched into , that they are only an auxiliary motive to exertion , never the principal 53.
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... never the principal or originating force . If this be too much to expect from a youth who , I take for granted , possesses no ordinary endowments , and whom circumstances with respect to the more dangerous passions have favoured , then ...
... never the principal or originating force . If this be too much to expect from a youth who , I take for granted , possesses no ordinary endowments , and whom circumstances with respect to the more dangerous passions have favoured , then ...
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... who has never known sick- ness , nor feel the blessing of ease who has been through his life a stranger to pain , so can there be no confirmed and passionate love of truth for him who has not experienced the hol- lowness 56.
... who has never known sick- ness , nor feel the blessing of ease who has been through his life a stranger to pain , so can there be no confirmed and passionate love of truth for him who has not experienced the hol- lowness 56.
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