The Works of Hannah More ...: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published, Volume 4A. Strahan, 1801 - Education |
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... took things upon truft , and was refolved to affert the freedom of his own mind . To a man fond of bold no- velties and daring paradoxes , folid argu- ment would be flat , and truth would be dull , merely because it is not new . Mr ...
... took things upon truft , and was refolved to affert the freedom of his own mind . To a man fond of bold no- velties and daring paradoxes , folid argu- ment would be flat , and truth would be dull , merely because it is not new . Mr ...
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... took a bribe at " an election , no not fo much as a treat ; " I take care of my apprentices , and do " not fet them a bad example by running to σε plays and Sadler's Wells in the week , " or jaunting about in a gig all day on 66 66 ...
... took a bribe at " an election , no not fo much as a treat ; " I take care of my apprentices , and do " not fet them a bad example by running to σε plays and Sadler's Wells in the week , " or jaunting about in a gig all day on 66 66 ...
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... took with her husband ; who , in his zeal to make the whole world free and happy , was too prudent to include his wife among the objects on whom he wished to confer freedom and happiness . " Then , my dear , " said fhe , " I wonder you ...
... took with her husband ; who , in his zeal to make the whole world free and happy , was too prudent to include his wife among the objects on whom he wished to confer freedom and happiness . " Then , my dear , " said fhe , " I wonder you ...
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... took away the clean plates , and gave them dirty ones , Mr. Fantom foon discovered that his fervant was very drunk ; he flew into a violent paffion , and ordered him out of the room , charging that he fhould not appear in his prefence ...
... took away the clean plates , and gave them dirty ones , Mr. Fantom foon discovered that his fervant was very drunk ; he flew into a violent paffion , and ordered him out of the room , charging that he fhould not appear in his prefence ...
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... took his master at his word , and not only got of the house , but went out of the coun- try too as fast as poffible . When they found he was really gone , they made a hue - and - cry , in order to detain him till they had examined if he ...
... took his master at his word , and not only got of the house , but went out of the coun- try too as fast as poffible . When they found he was really gone , they made a hue - and - cry , in order to detain him till they had examined if he ...
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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...