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tormented with a longing desire to draw public notice , and to distinguish himself .
He felt a general sense of discontent at what he was , with a general ambition to
be something which he was not ; but this desire had not yet turned ( itself to any ...
tormented with a longing desire to draw public notice , and to distinguish himself .
He felt a general sense of discontent at what he was , with a general ambition to
be something which he was not ; but this desire had not yet turned ( itself to any ...
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As almost every book was new to him , he fell into the common error of those who
begin to read late in life , that of thinking that what he did not know himself , was
equally new to others ; and he was apt to fancy that he and the author he was ...
As almost every book was new to him , he fell into the common error of those who
begin to read late in life , that of thinking that what he did not know himself , was
equally new to others ; and he was apt to fancy that he and the author he was ...
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had now found what his heart panted af . ter , - - a way to distinguish himself . To
start out a full grown philosopher at once , to be wise without education , to
dispute without learning , and to make profelytes with . out argument , was a short
cut ...
had now found what his heart panted af . ter , - - a way to distinguish himself . To
start out a full grown philosopher at once , to be wise without education , to
dispute without learning , and to make profelytes with . out argument , was a short
cut ...
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... and thus he might see himself at the head of a fociety of his own proselytes ;
the supreme object of a philofopher ' s ambition . Trueman came accordingly . He
foon found that however he might be shocked at the impious doctrines his friend
...
... and thus he might see himself at the head of a fociety of his own proselytes ;
the supreme object of a philofopher ' s ambition . Trueman came accordingly . He
foon found that however he might be shocked at the impious doctrines his friend
...
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Oh ! " said Trueman to himself , « when shall I fee “ Christians half so much in
earnest ? 16 Why is it that almost all zeal is on the wrong side ? " « Well , Mr .
Fantom , " said Trueman one day at breakfast , “ I am afraid you « are leading but
an ...
Oh ! " said Trueman to himself , « when shall I fee “ Christians half so much in
earnest ? 16 Why is it that almost all zeal is on the wrong side ? " « Well , Mr .
Fantom , " said Trueman one day at breakfast , “ I am afraid you « are leading but
an ...
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Page 89 - ... all. You and I, master Worthy, have worked hard many years, and think it very well to have scraped a trifle of money together ; you a few hundreds I suppose, and I a few thousands. But one would think every man in these books had the bank of England in his 'scrutore.
Page 418 - For it is impoflible for thofe who " were once enlightened, and have tafted of the heavenly " gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghoft, and " have tafted the good word of God and the powers of " the world to come, if they fhall fall away, to renew them " again unto repentance ; feeing they crucify to themfelves " the Son of God afrefh, and put him to an open fhame.
Page 295 - Whether pity for us, or fear for themselves, wrought strongest, God knoweth ; probably the latter ; for the mob were wrought up to such a pitch of fury, that their...
Page 27 - Saunders to freedom, as a Pole or a South American, though I should be very glad to help them too. But one must begin to love somewhere, and to do good somewhere ; and I think it is as natural to love one's own family, and to do good in one's own neighborhood, as to any body else.
Page 1 - WILLIAM. MR. FANTOM was a retail trader in the city of London. As he had no turn to any expensive vices, he was reckoned a sober decent man, but he was covetous and proud, selfish and conceited. As soon as he got forward in the world, his vanity began to display itself, though not in the ordinary method, that of making a figure and living away ; but still he was tormented with a longing...
Page 114 - he that hateth his brother " is a murderer ;" and again, " love your " enemies, blefs them that curfe you, and ' ?' pray for them that defpitefully ufe you *
Page 398 - Blefled are the poor in fpirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 398 - ... our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory...
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| Title | The Works of Hannah More ...: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published, Volume 4 The Works of Hannah More ...: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published, Hannah More Volume 4 of The works of Hannah More, Hannah More |
| Author | Hannah More |
| Publisher | A. Strahan, 1801 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 28 Jul 2006 |
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