The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life, Volume 1Woodward, 1832 |
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... human mind - I speak not of the scholar , or the philosopher , but of the multitude - the human mind , Athenian in this one propensity , the desire to hear and to tell some new thing , will reject , or over- look , or grow weary even of ...
... human mind - I speak not of the scholar , or the philosopher , but of the multitude - the human mind , Athenian in this one propensity , the desire to hear and to tell some new thing , will reject , or over- look , or grow weary even of ...
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... human estimation . To the approbation of the wise and good I have been perhaps but two sensible . But I check myself in the indul- gence of the dangerous pleasure , by recollecting that the hour is fast approaching to all , to me it is ...
... human estimation . To the approbation of the wise and good I have been perhaps but two sensible . But I check myself in the indul- gence of the dangerous pleasure , by recollecting that the hour is fast approaching to all , to me it is ...
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... human purchase made ; The outrag'd goddess , with abhorrent eyes , Sees MAN the traffic , SOULS the merchandise ! Man , whom fair Commerce taught with judging eye , And liberal hand , to barter or to buy , Indignant Nature blushes to ...
... human purchase made ; The outrag'd goddess , with abhorrent eyes , Sees MAN the traffic , SOULS the merchandise ! Man , whom fair Commerce taught with judging eye , And liberal hand , to barter or to buy , Indignant Nature blushes to ...
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... human blessings less , Or sinks the stock of general happiness , Tho ' erring fame may grace , tho ' false renown His life may blazon or his memory crown ; Yet the last audit shall reverse the cause ; Had those advent'rous spirits who ...
... human blessings less , Or sinks the stock of general happiness , Tho ' erring fame may grace , tho ' false renown His life may blazon or his memory crown ; Yet the last audit shall reverse the cause ; Had those advent'rous spirits who ...
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... human woes and human crimes . They tell us naught but dismal tales , How virtue sinks , and vice prevails ; And all their labours but declare The miseries of the good and fair ; How one brave captive in a quarrel Was tumbled down hill ...
... human woes and human crimes . They tell us naught but dismal tales , How virtue sinks , and vice prevails ; And all their labours but declare The miseries of the good and fair ; How one brave captive in a quarrel Was tumbled down hill ...
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Page 405 - Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Page 434 - I beheld, and lo ! a great multitude, which no man can number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues...
Page 223 - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Page 227 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Page 265 - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour ; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 287 - A new commandment give I unto you, that ye love one another.
Page 339 - For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Page 161 - Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister!
Page 35 - Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And though but few can serve, yet all may please; O let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. To spread large bounties though we wish in vain, Yet all may shun the guilt of giving pain...
Page 138 - You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.