A Thousand and One Gems of English ProseG. Routledge, 1872 - 534 pages |
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... human imperfection , and to see that the author is but a man as well as I. - Ibid . HERETOFORE I knew much less than now , and yet was not half so much ac- THEY APPEAR . I NOW See more good and more evil in all men than heretofore I did ...
... human imperfection , and to see that the author is but a man as well as I. - Ibid . HERETOFORE I knew much less than now , and yet was not half so much ac- THEY APPEAR . I NOW See more good and more evil in all men than heretofore I did ...
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... human nature is corrupted into a greater likeness to devils than I once thought any on earth had been . But even in the wicked , usually there is more for grace to make advantage of , and more to testify for God and holiness , than I ...
... human nature is corrupted into a greater likeness to devils than I once thought any on earth had been . But even in the wicked , usually there is more for grace to make advantage of , and more to testify for God and holiness , than I ...
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... human nature , that which most of all becomes a reasonable creature to desire ; nay , that which is the governing principle of all our actions , and must give laws to all our other passions , desires , and appetites . What a strange ...
... human nature , that which most of all becomes a reasonable creature to desire ; nay , that which is the governing principle of all our actions , and must give laws to all our other passions , desires , and appetites . What a strange ...
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... human nature : let us therefore from his blood , but that is all . If virtue , rejoice and be thankful . Nay , which is then , give nobility , which heathens | a far greater mercy , we are free from the themselves agree , then families ...
... human nature : let us therefore from his blood , but that is all . If virtue , rejoice and be thankful . Nay , which is then , give nobility , which heathens | a far greater mercy , we are free from the themselves agree , then families ...
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... human violence to enforce others to it . fathers of the church , that nothing is Therefore , if Protestants did offer violence more against religion than to force reli- to other men's consciences , and compel gion ; and of St. Paul ...
... human violence to enforce others to it . fathers of the church , that nothing is Therefore , if Protestants did offer violence more against religion than to force reli- to other men's consciences , and compel gion ; and of St. Paul ...
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