The Works of Hannah More, Volume 1Harper, 1872 |
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... virtue . These can never be numbered , but they may safely be put down at millions . Now if all these readers gain but a single important suggestion , are incited to practise a single virtue , or to refrain from a single vice - if but ...
... virtue . These can never be numbered , but they may safely be put down at millions . Now if all these readers gain but a single important suggestion , are incited to practise a single virtue , or to refrain from a single vice - if but ...
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... virtue by one original sentiment , I do not presume to hope . But that I have laboured assidu- ously to make that kind of knowledge which is most indispensable to common life , familiar to the unlearned , and acceptable to the young ...
... virtue by one original sentiment , I do not presume to hope . But that I have laboured assidu- ously to make that kind of knowledge which is most indispensable to common life , familiar to the unlearned , and acceptable to the young ...
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... Virtue makes to theo At once the rising thought to dash , To quench at once the bursting flash ! The shining Mischief to subduc , And lose the praise , and pleasure too ! Tho ' Venus ' self , could you detect her , Imbuing with her ...
... Virtue makes to theo At once the rising thought to dash , To quench at once the bursting flash ! The shining Mischief to subduc , And lose the praise , and pleasure too ! Tho ' Venus ' self , could you detect her , Imbuing with her ...
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... virtue's milder light : And she who bless'd the friend , and grac'd the lays Of poignant Swift , still gilds our social days ; Long , long protract thy light , O star benign ! Whose setting beams with milder lustre shine . Nor ...
... virtue's milder light : And she who bless'd the friend , and grac'd the lays Of poignant Swift , still gilds our social days ; Long , long protract thy light , O star benign ! Whose setting beams with milder lustre shine . Nor ...
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... virtues from the stage : While Feeling boasts her ever tearful eye , Fair Truth , firm Faith , and manly Justice fly . Justice , prime good ! from whose prolific law , All worth , all virtue , their strong essence draw Justice , a grace ...
... virtues from the stage : While Feeling boasts her ever tearful eye , Fair Truth , firm Faith , and manly Justice fly . Justice , prime good ! from whose prolific law , All worth , all virtue , their strong essence draw Justice , a grace ...
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