Hints Towards Forming the Character of a Young Princess ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1805 - 330 páginas |
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... present critical period , one of the most momentous concerns which can engage the attention of an Englishman , who feels for his country like a patriot , and for his pofte- rity like a father ; what is that object of which the ...
... present critical period , one of the most momentous concerns which can engage the attention of an Englishman , who feels for his country like a patriot , and for his pofte- rity like a father ; what is that object of which the ...
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... en- couraging to the present undertaking . It is impoffible to write on fuch points as are difcuffed in this little work , without being led to draw a comparison between the - the lot of a British fubject , and that PREFACE .
... en- couraging to the present undertaking . It is impoffible to write on fuch points as are difcuffed in this little work , without being led to draw a comparison between the - the lot of a British fubject , and that PREFACE .
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... present state of the different governments of Europe , with which that of Great Britain may have any political relation ; and he fhould be led to exercise that intuitive difcernment of cha- racter and talents , which will enable him to ...
... present state of the different governments of Europe , with which that of Great Britain may have any political relation ; and he fhould be led to exercise that intuitive difcernment of cha- racter and talents , which will enable him to ...
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... presents , fome , in which good sense has operated use- fully in the absence of all principle . When a profligate ecclefiaftic applied for prefer- ment to the profligate Duke of Orleans , while regent of France , urging as a motive ...
... presents , fome , in which good sense has operated use- fully in the absence of all principle . When a profligate ecclefiaftic applied for prefer- ment to the profligate Duke of Orleans , while regent of France , urging as a motive ...
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... present period of critical investiga- tion , heathen learning feems to be justly appreciated , in the fcale of letters ; the wisdom and piety of fome of our most eminent contemporaries having fuccefs- fully applied it to its nobleft ...
... present period of critical investiga- tion , heathen learning feems to be justly appreciated , in the fcale of letters ; the wisdom and piety of fome of our most eminent contemporaries having fuccefs- fully applied it to its nobleft ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 239 - For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing, as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it...
Página 259 - Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need
Página 240 - Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes...
Página 240 - Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
Página 217 - By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
Página 95 - ... a noble exception. In no country has decency and purity, and, to the disgrace of Christian countries, let it be added, have morality, and even piety, been so generally prevalent in any theatrical compositions, as in what her lofty, grave tragedians taught In chorus or Iambic, teachers best Of moral prudence.
Página 253 - But what philosopher, before him, after such a lesson to his pupils, could have dared to add the words which immediately follow? "The things which ye have both learned and received, and heard, and seen in me, do, and the God of peace shall be with you.
Página 247 - Whofoever drinketh of the water that I fliall give him, fhall never thirft ; but the water that I fhall give him, fhall be in him a well of water fpringing up into everlafting life.
Página 254 - ... a peace which passeth all understanding;" "a wisdom pure and peaceable, gentle and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and of good fruits, without partiality,