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... excite- ment . Religion is this influence , this germ - - of every grace , this sap which finds its way through every fibre , and emits the fairest blos- soms without the aid of artificial heat . The pious woman courts retirement . She ...
... excite- ment . Religion is this influence , this germ - - of every grace , this sap which finds its way through every fibre , and emits the fairest blos- soms without the aid of artificial heat . The pious woman courts retirement . She ...
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... excite pity for herself . And , if want of congeniality in those most near to her , is her sore burden , - if even opposition is the appointed exercise of her faith , — she neither seeks notoriety by the cry of perse- cution , nor looks ...
... excite pity for herself . And , if want of congeniality in those most near to her , is her sore burden , - if even opposition is the appointed exercise of her faith , — she neither seeks notoriety by the cry of perse- cution , nor looks ...
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... excite spiritual pride ; to render its possessor self - satisfied or assum- ing ; to disqualify from duty , or to elevate to fanatical excitement . No. When such effects are seen , they are not chargeable on true re- ligion , - - they ...
... excite spiritual pride ; to render its possessor self - satisfied or assum- ing ; to disqualify from duty , or to elevate to fanatical excitement . No. When such effects are seen , they are not chargeable on true re- ligion , - - they ...
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... excite in them tempers equally unworthy their sex and their profession . Nor will they expose themselves to temptation , by entering uncalled upon dangerous ground : - they will avoid , when they can , religious as well as other dis ...
... excite in them tempers equally unworthy their sex and their profession . Nor will they expose themselves to temptation , by entering uncalled upon dangerous ground : - they will avoid , when they can , religious as well as other dis ...
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... excite their prejudice , or call forth their pity , or provoke their ridicule . It is of the more importance that women should guard against mistakes of this nature ; since , partly from the increased interest evinced by them on ...
... excite their prejudice , or call forth their pity , or provoke their ridicule . It is of the more importance that women should guard against mistakes of this nature ; since , partly from the increased interest evinced by them on ...
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