Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Watson ...: Written by Himself at Different Intervals, and Revised in 1814, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818 - Bishops |
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... human blood . — But it will be a fruitless overture ; -no man can tell what fruit it will produce ; it may not produce peace , but it will be attended by two consequences , either of which is of sufficient importance to induce us to ...
... human blood . — But it will be a fruitless overture ; -no man can tell what fruit it will produce ; it may not produce peace , but it will be attended by two consequences , either of which is of sufficient importance to induce us to ...
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... humanity , as much as on our own . We wish for peace , but we are prepared for war ; we are neither disheartened by their successes , nor intimi- dated by their menaces ; our resources are not exhausted , our courage is not subdued ...
... humanity , as much as on our own . We wish for peace , but we are prepared for war ; we are neither disheartened by their successes , nor intimi- dated by their menaces ; our resources are not exhausted , our courage is not subdued ...
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... Humanity impels us as men , and our religion lays an additional obliga- tion on us as Christians , to relieve the wants of the poor ; but they oblige us to do this in such a way as to afford no encourage- ment to idleness , no ...
... Humanity impels us as men , and our religion lays an additional obliga- tion on us as Christians , to relieve the wants of the poor ; but they oblige us to do this in such a way as to afford no encourage- ment to idleness , no ...
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... human intellect , and spurred it to shake off the shackles of superstition and the chains of arbitrary power . I saw , too , that ( as might have been expected ) some precipitate and self - sufficient spirits would outrage common sense ...
... human intellect , and spurred it to shake off the shackles of superstition and the chains of arbitrary power . I saw , too , that ( as might have been expected ) some precipitate and self - sufficient spirits would outrage common sense ...
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... human depravity ; a little , I think , in some parts overcharged , but though it may be soften- ed , it will still remain hideous . " The manners of a people have an inti- mate connexion with their riches ; where these abound , it is ...
... human depravity ; a little , I think , in some parts overcharged , but though it may be soften- ed , it will still remain hideous . " The manners of a people have an inti- mate connexion with their riches ; where these abound , it is ...
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Page 145 - This was the Edict of the Grand Duke of Tuscany for the Reform of Criminal Law in his Dominions.
Page 353 - All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
Page 419 - In September I received a letter from Dr. Marsh, (Margaret Professor of Divinity at Cambridge,) enclosing a prospectus of an intended national society for the education of the poor in the principles of the Established Church, and requesting to know whether I would assist in the promotion and guidance of such.
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Page 442 - Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right ; for that shall bring a man peace at the last.
Page 259 - What has been the influence of the Reformation by Luther, on the political situation of the different states of Europe, and on the progress of knowledge !
Page 287 - What is this thing called orthodoxy, which mars the fortunes of honest men, misleads the judgment of princes, and occasionally endangers the stability of thrones ? In the true meaning of the term, it is a sacred thing to which every denomination of Christians lays an arrogant and exclusive claim, but to which no man, no assembly of men, since the apostolic age, can prove a title.
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