The Lady of the Manor, 3. köide |
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... neighbours are not the deep scholars that we are , and probably do not for the most part enter so accurately into the niceties of language and criticism as we do ; at least I believe our islanders wish to have it thought so .
... neighbours are not the deep scholars that we are , and probably do not for the most part enter so accurately into the niceties of language and criticism as we do ; at least I believe our islanders wish to have it thought so .
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... and the glories of nature : but all that proceeds from the writer himself , is and must be corrupt ; since every imagination of the thoughts of man's heart are declared , in the sacred volume , to be only evil continually .
... and the glories of nature : but all that proceeds from the writer himself , is and must be corrupt ; since every imagination of the thoughts of man's heart are declared , in the sacred volume , to be only evil continually .
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There were , indeed , a few literary men - some individuals who read and thought - and among this number was my father . But , as he has since said of himself , his intellectual pleasures had no reference whatever to religion ...
There were , indeed , a few literary men - some individuals who read and thought - and among this number was my father . But , as he has since said of himself , his intellectual pleasures had no reference whatever to religion ...
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“ But notwithstanding the good abbé , in the plenitude of his politeness , had thought proper to invest me with such extraordinary talents , I am not aware that any such really existed . I know not that there was any thing out of the ...
“ But notwithstanding the good abbé , in the plenitude of his politeness , had thought proper to invest me with such extraordinary talents , I am not aware that any such really existed . I know not that there was any thing out of the ...
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... but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds ; casting down imaginations , and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God , and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ .
... but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds ; casting down imaginations , and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God , and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ .
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| Pealkiri | The Lady of the Manor, 3. köide The Lady of the Manor, Mary Martha Sherwood |
| Autor | Mary Martha Sherwood |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Houlston and Stoneman, 1841 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 25 nov. 2014 |
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