The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life, Volume 1Woodward, 1832 |
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Page ix
... once di- lated preface is shrunk into plain apology or simple exposition . The long and lofty dedication ( generally speaking ) dwindled into a sober expression of respect for public virtue , a concise tri- bute of affection to private ...
... once di- lated preface is shrunk into plain apology or simple exposition . The long and lofty dedication ( generally speaking ) dwindled into a sober expression of respect for public virtue , a concise tri- bute of affection to private ...
Page xii
... once quenched by the reflection , that of those persons whose kindness stimulated , and whose partiality rewarded , my early efforts ; of those who would have dwelt on these pages with most pleasure , the eyes of the greater part are ...
... once quenched by the reflection , that of those persons whose kindness stimulated , and whose partiality rewarded , my early efforts ; of those who would have dwelt on these pages with most pleasure , the eyes of the greater part are ...
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... once in medias res To prove the privilege I plead , I'll quote from Greek I cannot read ; Stunn'd by Authority , you yield , And I , not Reason , keep the field . Long was Society o'er - run By Whist , that desolating Hun ; Long did ...
... once in medias res To prove the privilege I plead , I'll quote from Greek I cannot read ; Stunn'd by Authority , you yield , And I , not Reason , keep the field . Long was Society o'er - run By Whist , that desolating Hun ; Long did ...
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... Once dealt his pointed moral round , And , not unheeded , fell the sound ; The Muse his honour'd memory weeps , For CATO now with Roscius sleeps ! Here once HORTENSIUS † lov'd to sit , Apostate now from social wit : Ah ! why in ...
... Once dealt his pointed moral round , And , not unheeded , fell the sound ; The Muse his honour'd memory weeps , For CATO now with Roscius sleeps ! Here once HORTENSIUS † lov'd to sit , Apostate now from social wit : Ah ! why in ...
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... once the rising thought to dash , To quench at once the bursting flash ! The shining Mischief to subdue , And lose the praise , and pleasure too ! Tho ' Venus ' self , could you detect her , Imbuing with her richest nectar , The thought ...
... once the rising thought to dash , To quench at once the bursting flash ! The shining Mischief to subdue , And lose the praise , and pleasure too ! Tho ' Venus ' self , could you detect her , Imbuing with her richest nectar , The thought ...
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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.