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John Angell James. while comedy , such as is most suited to the public taste , and therefore most in demand , is the school for intrigue , amours , and licentiousness . It is not , however , the subject matter only of the play itself ...
John Angell James. while comedy , such as is most suited to the public taste , and therefore most in demand , is the school for intrigue , amours , and licentiousness . It is not , however , the subject matter only of the play itself ...
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... Taste not the poison to ascertain how you like it , and to form an opinion of its deleterious power . Touch not the fang of a serpent , to ascertain by examination the sharpness of its tooth . These are matters which it is safer and ...
... Taste not the poison to ascertain how you like it , and to form an opinion of its deleterious power . Touch not the fang of a serpent , to ascertain by examination the sharpness of its tooth . These are matters which it is safer and ...
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... taste ; it is more than probable that he will be drawn from his gloomy abode , to those scenes where blaze all the lights of fashion , folly , and ruin . The first scruples of conscience being subdued , the temptation being once ...
... taste ; it is more than probable that he will be drawn from his gloomy abode , to those scenes where blaze all the lights of fashion , folly , and ruin . The first scruples of conscience being subdued , the temptation being once ...
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... taste for expensive dress , or amusements , or vicious gratifications , you are in peril . Dishonesty often begins in dandyism . A young man thinks he must be genteel , elegant , fashionable ; he looks with envy on those whose means are ...
... taste for expensive dress , or amusements , or vicious gratifications , you are in peril . Dishonesty often begins in dandyism . A young man thinks he must be genteel , elegant , fashionable ; he looks with envy on those whose means are ...
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... taste , and all our social feelings are outraged , by the un- blushing avowal of its author , that it is his design and wish to abolish the institution of marriage , and reconstruct society upon the basis of the un- legalized ...
... taste , and all our social feelings are outraged , by the un- blushing avowal of its author , that it is his design and wish to abolish the institution of marriage , and reconstruct society upon the basis of the un- legalized ...
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Page 176 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 88 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Page 24 - For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Page 86 - ... promises, kindly stepped in, and carried him away, to where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest ! It is during the time that we lived on this farm, that my little story is most eventful.
Page 140 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Page 84 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 63 - Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded : yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Page 109 - Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; there is none greater in this house than I ; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
Page 156 - There, said they, is mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, the innumerable company of Angels, and the Spirits of just men made perfect.
Page 170 - Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford.