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" ... not remembering that we can no more have wisdom than grace whenever we think fit to call for it. There are times and periods fixed for both, and when they are too long neglected the punishment is that they are irrecoverable, and nothing remaineth... "
The Whole Duty of a Woman, Or, An Infallible Guide to the Fair Sex ... - Page 134
1737 - 682 pages
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Miscellanies

George Savile Marquis of Halifax - Church and state - 1751 - 356 pages
...thofe who are wilfully infignificant. When this fcurvy hour cometh upon her, fhe firftgroweth angry; then when the time of it is paft, would perhaps grow wifer, not remembering that we can no more have wifdom than grace, whenever we think fit to call for it. There...
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The Ladies Library: ... Written by a Lady. Published by Sir ..., Volume 2

Conduct of life - 1772 - 324 pages
...thofe that are wilfully mfignificant. When this icurvy hour comes upon her, fhe firfl grows angry; then when the time of it is paft, would perhaps grow...no more have wifdom than grace,, whenever we think . You are to think what a mean figure a woman makes when ihe is degraded by her own fault ; whe't as...
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Angelica's Ladies Library; Or, Parents and Guardians Present. With Eight ...

1794 - 470 pages
...firft groweth angry ; then when the tirqe of it is paft, would perhaps grow wifer, not remembering that we can no more have wifdom than grace whenever...think fit to call for it. There are times and periods fi*ed for both ; and when they aie 190 long negfe&ed, the punifhment'is, that they are irrecoverable,...
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The Female Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse: Selected ...

Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...the time of it is past, would perhaps grow wiser, not remembering, that we can no more have wisdom than grace, whenever we think fit to call for it....both;- and, when they are too long neglected, the punishment is, that they are irrecoverable, and nothing remaineth but an useless grief for the folly...
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The Life and Letters of Sir George Savile, Bart., First Marquis of ..., Volume 2

Helen Charlotte Foxcroft, George Savile Marquis of Halifax - Great Britain - 1898 - 608 pages
...when the time of it is past would perhaps grow wiser, not remembering that we can no more have wisdom than grace whenever we think fit to call for it. There...for both, and when they are too long neglected the punishment is that they are irrecoverable, and nothing remaineth but an useless grief for the folly...
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Practical Wisdom: A Manual of Life

Conduct of life - 1907 - 376 pages
...when the time of it is past would perhaps grow wiser, not remembering that we can no more have wisdom than grace whenever we think fit to call for it. There...for both, and when they are too long neglected the punishment is that they are irrecoverable, and nothing remaineth but an useless grief for the folly...
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The Complete Works of George Savile, First Marquess of Halifax

George Savile Marquis of Halifax - History - 1912 - 302 pages
...when the time of it is past, would perhaps grow wiser, not remembring that we can no more have Wisdom than Grace, whenever we think fit to call for it. There are Times and Periods fix'd for both; and when they are too long neglected, the Punishment is, that they are Irrecoverable,...
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The Complete Works of George Savile, First Marquess of Halifax

George Savile Marquis of Halifax - Conduct of life - 1912 - 300 pages
...when the time of it is past, would perhaps grow wiser, not remembring that we can no more have Wisdom than Grace, whenever we think fit to call for it. There are Times and Periods fix'd for both ; and when they are too long neglected, the Punishment is, that they are Irrecoverable,...
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