The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Divines, Patriots, Statemen, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets, and Artists of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Accention of Henry VIII, to the Present Time, Volume 4J. Mawman, 1816 - Great Britain |
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... virtue . * 6 * I cannot refrain from attaching in a note a most splendid pas- sage from Mr. Erskine's Speech upon Paine's Age of Reason , ' though perhaps familiar to many of my readers : " But it seems this is an Age of Reason , and ...
... virtue . * 6 * I cannot refrain from attaching in a note a most splendid pas- sage from Mr. Erskine's Speech upon Paine's Age of Reason , ' though perhaps familiar to many of my readers : " But it seems this is an Age of Reason , and ...
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... virtue , patience , temperance ; add love , By name to come call'd ' Charity , ' the soul Of all the rest . Then wilt thou not be loth To leave this paradise , but shalt possess A paradise within thee , happier far . ' “ Thus you find ...
... virtue , patience , temperance ; add love , By name to come call'd ' Charity , ' the soul Of all the rest . Then wilt thou not be loth To leave this paradise , but shalt possess A paradise within thee , happier far . ' “ Thus you find ...
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... virtue and of a goodness which operate in the breast of one man , but the communication of virtue itself to many , and such a distribution of functions in civil societies , as gives to numbers the exercise and occupations which pertain ...
... virtue and of a goodness which operate in the breast of one man , but the communication of virtue itself to many , and such a distribution of functions in civil societies , as gives to numbers the exercise and occupations which pertain ...
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... virtue have more reason than ever to overlook their differences in speculative opinions , and unite together in stemming the torrent of vice and infidelity which is ready to overwhelm us . Our political situation , more- over , demands ...
... virtue have more reason than ever to overlook their differences in speculative opinions , and unite together in stemming the torrent of vice and infidelity which is ready to overwhelm us . Our political situation , more- over , demands ...
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... virtues , and unaffected piety of character . He being determined , as well by his excellent temper , as by his foresight and prudence , by which he early perceived the mischiefs generally accruing to religion , and the dangers likely ...
... virtues , and unaffected piety of character . He being determined , as well by his excellent temper , as by his foresight and prudence , by which he early perceived the mischiefs generally accruing to religion , and the dangers likely ...
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