Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 22
... excited feelings of self - will which , in the ill - regulated mind , blaze up at any approach to a direct assertion of authority . By feelings such as these , how much may be unnecessarily added to the weight and bitterness of the ...
... excited feelings of self - will which , in the ill - regulated mind , blaze up at any approach to a direct assertion of authority . By feelings such as these , how much may be unnecessarily added to the weight and bitterness of the ...
Page 28
... nation has naturally had the directly contrary effect , and excited to greater strictness and to a more violent display of that authority whose claim was resisted . F Besides , a submissive temper of mind maintains a calm 28 SELF - WILL .
... nation has naturally had the directly contrary effect , and excited to greater strictness and to a more violent display of that authority whose claim was resisted . F Besides , a submissive temper of mind maintains a calm 28 SELF - WILL .
Page 32
... excited , wounded , crossed . It may be from the merest trifles the pain you suffer will arise , for trifles certainly " make the sum " of social " life ; " you should therefore be especially on the watch for these trifles , which are ...
... excited , wounded , crossed . It may be from the merest trifles the pain you suffer will arise , for trifles certainly " make the sum " of social " life ; " you should therefore be especially on the watch for these trifles , which are ...
Page 34
... excited by the strict uniformity and rigorous simplicity of its ritual or the errors and neglect , real or fancied , of its ministers . Here how- ever are ordinarily only worldly mo- tives and very seldom any real exercise of the true ...
... excited by the strict uniformity and rigorous simplicity of its ritual or the errors and neglect , real or fancied , of its ministers . Here how- ever are ordinarily only worldly mo- tives and very seldom any real exercise of the true ...
Page 45
... your having wilfully , or even uncon- sciously , excited their ill - humour . The main point is , have you been able to listen with a meek and lowly heart ? and instead of feeling pain , -the pain of wounded sin , PRIDE . 45.
... your having wilfully , or even uncon- sciously , excited their ill - humour . The main point is , have you been able to listen with a meek and lowly heart ? and instead of feeling pain , -the pain of wounded sin , PRIDE . 45.
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Page 129 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 57 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends |
| Author | Sydney Warburton |
| Edition | 2 |
| Published | 1850 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2006 |
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