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... Author's English Grammar ; as practical illustra thong of the principles and rules contained in that work . place religion in the most amiable light ; and which PREFACE . Haman or the misery of pride The grotto of Antiparos.
... Author's English Grammar ; as practical illustra thong of the principles and rules contained in that work . place religion in the most amiable light ; and which PREFACE . Haman or the misery of pride The grotto of Antiparos.
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Lindley Murray. place religion in the most amiable light ; and which recommend a great variety of moral duties , by the excellence of their nature , and the happy effects they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner ...
Lindley Murray. place religion in the most amiable light ; and which recommend a great variety of moral duties , by the excellence of their nature , and the happy effects they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner ...
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... to their teachers ; whose instruct- ers were very imperfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by persons that considered loud expression as the chief requisite in forming a INTRODUCTION . Comforts of religion Creation.
... to their teachers ; whose instruct- ers were very imperfect in their hearing ; or who were taught by persons that considered loud expression as the chief requisite in forming a INTRODUCTION . Comforts of religion Creation.
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... religious instruction , derives its efficacy , not so much from what men are taught to know , as from what they are brought to feel . He who pretends to great sensibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the high objects of religion ...
... religious instruction , derives its efficacy , not so much from what men are taught to know , as from what they are brought to feel . He who pretends to great sensibility towards men , and yet has no feeling for the high objects of religion ...
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... barren zeal . The spirit of true religion , breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native , unaffected ease to the behaviour . It is so- cial , kind , and cheerful : far removed from 20 Part 1 The English Reader.
... barren zeal . The spirit of true religion , breathes mildness and affability . It gives a native , unaffected ease to the behaviour . It is so- cial , kind , and cheerful : far removed from 20 Part 1 The English Reader.
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The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Verse, From the Best Writers ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 91 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befal me there, save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.