Something New on Men and Manners,: A Critique on the Follies and Vices of the Age; Interspersed with Amusing Anecdotes, Biographical Sketches, and Useful Suggestions on Various Interesting Topics... |
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... instance , would utter a thousand little plea- santries that amused and did credit to her genius , when mixing with the motley group at a masque- rade ; but diffident and unassuming , she scarcely ever ventured to discover more than ...
... instance , would utter a thousand little plea- santries that amused and did credit to her genius , when mixing with the motley group at a masque- rade ; but diffident and unassuming , she scarcely ever ventured to discover more than ...
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... instance of astonishing ca- pacity ; though the very same production , ushered into the world with the name of an author under different circumstances , would be totally disregarded . " No sooner is a new publication announced , than ...
... instance of astonishing ca- pacity ; though the very same production , ushered into the world with the name of an author under different circumstances , would be totally disregarded . " No sooner is a new publication announced , than ...
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... instance of the neglect and mortifica- tion to which talent is so often fated : - On one occasion he came with a dejected air to a friend , and said he had been walking through the streets of London the whole morning , thinking how ...
... instance of the neglect and mortifica- tion to which talent is so often fated : - On one occasion he came with a dejected air to a friend , and said he had been walking through the streets of London the whole morning , thinking how ...
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... instances is scarcely comprehensible to the human mind . Thought , as well as sensibility , seems to form a part of it . " So great a veneration had the Athenians for the brute creation , " says history , " that 26 Opinion of the ...
... instances is scarcely comprehensible to the human mind . Thought , as well as sensibility , seems to form a part of it . " So great a veneration had the Athenians for the brute creation , " says history , " that 26 Opinion of the ...
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... may be entitled to , for his patriotic zeal and regard for the public good , he cannot in this instance be complimented on his sensibility ! NUMBER V. ON NATIONAL SPIRIT . For all who write 27 Athenian Veneration for Animals.
... may be entitled to , for his patriotic zeal and regard for the public good , he cannot in this instance be complimented on his sensibility ! NUMBER V. ON NATIONAL SPIRIT . For all who write 27 Athenian Veneration for Animals.
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Page 86 - Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
Page 262 - These things said he : and after that he saith unto .them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth : but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
Page 77 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 284 - Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
Page 88 - I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; and keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself...
Page 276 - As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women, committed them to prison.
Page 287 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 287 - Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. "For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Page 262 - Scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures; and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Page 284 - But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.