The Works of Hannah More, Volume 1Harper, 1872 |
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... habit has more or less recom- mended itself to my mind , as it had more or less reference to these objects . Considering this world as a scene of much action , and of little comparative knowledge ; not as a stage for exhibi- tion , or a ...
... habit has more or less recom- mended itself to my mind , as it had more or less reference to these objects . Considering this world as a scene of much action , and of little comparative knowledge ; not as a stage for exhibi- tion , or a ...
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... habits- On the necessity of forming the judgment to direct those habits , Chap . VII - Filial obedience not the character of the age , Chap . VIII - On Female Study , and initiation into Knowledge - Error of cultivating the imagination ...
... habits- On the necessity of forming the judgment to direct those habits , Chap . VII - Filial obedience not the character of the age , Chap . VIII - On Female Study , and initiation into Knowledge - Error of cultivating the imagination ...
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... habits well pursu'd betimes , May reach the dignity of crimes . And who a juster claim preferr'd , Than one who always broke his word ! His mornings were not spont in vice , ' Twas lounging , sauntering , eating ice : Walk up and down ...
... habits well pursu'd betimes , May reach the dignity of crimes . And who a juster claim preferr'd , Than one who always broke his word ! His mornings were not spont in vice , ' Twas lounging , sauntering , eating ice : Walk up and down ...
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... habits , then chastis'd desires , Should regulate disorder'd Nature's fires . If Ignorance then , her iron sway ... habit that through life may last . Past . With heartfelt penitence we now de- plore Those squarder'd hours , that ...
... habits , then chastis'd desires , Should regulate disorder'd Nature's fires . If Ignorance then , her iron sway ... habit that through life may last . Past . With heartfelt penitence we now de- plore Those squarder'd hours , that ...
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... habit , was just preparing a speech on benevolence , and the cruelty of im prisonment ; for he had a set f sentiments col- lected from the new philosophy which he always kept by him . The naming a man in power brought out the ready cut ...
... habit , was just preparing a speech on benevolence , and the cruelty of im prisonment ; for he had a set f sentiments col- lected from the new philosophy which he always kept by him . The naming a man in power brought out the ready cut ...
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