The Works of Hannah More ...: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published, Volume 4A. Strahan, 1801 - Education |
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... reason to expect that his friend was going to call upon him for a fubfcription on this account , ven- tured to praise them ; faying , " I am no 6c enemy to thefe inftitutions . I would " indeed change the object of instruc- ❝tion , but ...
... reason to expect that his friend was going to call upon him for a fubfcription on this account , ven- tured to praise them ; faying , " I am no 6c enemy to thefe inftitutions . I would " indeed change the object of instruc- ❝tion , but ...
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... it increases influence , and for that reason strengthens the hands of a good man , and enlarges his sphere of usefulness : but he made F 2 Bragwell's father had been ploughman in the family of Mr. THE TWO WEALTHY FARMERS . 67.
... it increases influence , and for that reason strengthens the hands of a good man , and enlarges his sphere of usefulness : but he made F 2 Bragwell's father had been ploughman in the family of Mr. THE TWO WEALTHY FARMERS . 67.
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... . Worthy , I am a man of fubftance , and no man fhall of- fend me without my being even with him . So as to injuring a man , if he affronts me first , first , there's nothing but good reason in that . THE TWO WEALTHY FARMERS . 121.
... . Worthy , I am a man of fubftance , and no man fhall of- fend me without my being even with him . So as to injuring a man , if he affronts me first , first , there's nothing but good reason in that . THE TWO WEALTHY FARMERS . 121.
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Including Several Pieces Never Before Published Hannah More. first , there's nothing but good reason in that . Worthy . Very well ! only bear in mind that you wilfully break this command- ment , whether you abuse your servant , are angry ...
Including Several Pieces Never Before Published Hannah More. first , there's nothing but good reason in that . Worthy . Very well ! only bear in mind that you wilfully break this command- ment , whether you abuse your servant , are angry ...
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... reason why he should have given more , was just the cause he affigned for not giving at all , namely the hardness of the times . The true grand fource of charity , felf - denial , never came into his head . Spend less that you may fave ...
... reason why he should have given more , was just the cause he affigned for not giving at all , namely the hardness of the times . The true grand fource of charity , felf - denial , never came into his head . Spend less that you may fave ...
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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...