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... learned that religion was at once the inspirer and the guardian of our happiness . A connection , of great importance to his future character and peace , was thus early formed in his mind between godliness and pleasure . And such was ...
... learned that religion was at once the inspirer and the guardian of our happiness . A connection , of great importance to his future character and peace , was thus early formed in his mind between godliness and pleasure . And such was ...
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... learned professor , I am myself indebted for the politest attentions and the most tender sympathy , at a moment when my bleeding heart felt the need of all the support that hu- man or divine kindness could administer . And I beg him to ...
... learned professor , I am myself indebted for the politest attentions and the most tender sympathy , at a moment when my bleeding heart felt the need of all the support that hu- man or divine kindness could administer . And I beg him to ...
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... learned rhetorician had recommended for the formation of a scholar and an orator . This circumstance may have materially influenced his opinion in favor of that author ; but he ever spoke of him , as , with the exception of Cicero , to ...
... learned rhetorician had recommended for the formation of a scholar and an orator . This circumstance may have materially influenced his opinion in favor of that author ; but he ever spoke of him , as , with the exception of Cicero , to ...
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... learned that Hume was a decided enemy of christianity but that he generally attacked it covertly and cautiously . We thought William might not perceive his more insidious thrusts , but would probably be struck with what was obvious and ...
... learned that Hume was a decided enemy of christianity but that he generally attacked it covertly and cautiously . We thought William might not perceive his more insidious thrusts , but would probably be struck with what was obvious and ...
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Thomas Durant. In more advanced life he read the essays of that learned and ingenious man , whose para- doxes and reasonings are intended and wofully calculated to produce a universal scepticism , to shake the foundation of morals , and ...
Thomas Durant. In more advanced life he read the essays of that learned and ingenious man , whose para- doxes and reasonings are intended and wofully calculated to produce a universal scepticism , to shake the foundation of morals , and ...
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Page 8 - Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today: Be fair or foul or rain or shine, The joys I have possessed in spite of Fate are mine: Not Heaven itself upon the Past has power, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour.
Page 61 - Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure.
Page 2 - The Lord gave, and the Lord taketh away, and blessed be the name of the Lord.
Page 62 - Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburdened, and look elsewhere for recreation; we desert our master, and seek for companions.
Page 38 - I was thunderstruck, and almost distracted ; for the information seemed to blast my most cherished hopes. This might, I thought, be the commencement of a series of evils for ever ruinous to our peace. I am not sure that my agony, on hearing of his death, was much more intense than that which I then endured, from an apprehension of his guilt.
Page 87 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 32 - But the Lamb, which is in the " midst of the throne, shall feed us, and lead us to
Page 4 - Thou embryo angel, or thou infant fiend, A being now begun, but ne'er to end, What boding fears a father's heart torment, Trembling and anxious for the grand event, Lest thy young soul, so late by Heaven bestowed, Forget her Father and forget her God ! — Lest, while...
Page 4 - Lest, while imprison' d in this house of clay, " To tyrant lusts she fall a helpless prey ! " And lest, descending still from bad to worse, " Her immortality should prove her curse ! " Maker of souls ! avert so dire a doom, " Or snatch her back to native Nothing's gloom !
Page 24 - Eut it is not fair, that all this looseness, and all this variety should be still floating in the world, in the face of an authoritative communication from God Himself. Had no message come to us from the fountain head of truth, it were natural enough for every individual mind to betake itself to its own speculation. But a message has come to us, bearing on its forehead every character of authenticity ; and is it right now, that the question of our faith, or of our duty, should be committed to the...