Valentine's Eve, Том 1

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Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1816 - 12 страница
 

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Страница 191 - For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? But if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Страница 193 - The having a friend is not indispensably necessary to virtue or happiness. Religion removes those barriers of sentiment which partition us from the disinterested love of our brethren — we are commanded to love our enemies, to do good to those that hate us ; how much more is it our duty then to cultivate a forbearance and complacence towards those who only differ from us in dispositions and ways of thinking? There is always, without very unusual care there must always be, something of Self in friendship;...
Страница 54 - ... the contrary, to the times, the taxes, and the government, he imputed his misfortunes — and was one of the many republicans, or democrats, some twenty years ago, whom profligacy and poverty led to rally round that respectable standard, which was originally erected from the purest and most disinterested love of civil and religious liberty.
Страница 284 - Without that, to me all morals appear built upon a sandy foundation, and are liable to be swept away by the flood of strong temptation. Here Lucy and I differ; — she thinks morality can stand alone, without the aid of religion; nay, she even fancies republican firmness sufficient to enable us to bear affliction. But...
Страница 171 - to say, that you seem, madam, to have very erroneous notions of what the family of a respectable tradesman is. My friend Lucy has never associated with the very vulgar, though not, probably, with the very high ; and I am sure she has too strong a sense of nicety, as well as decorum, to offend against the decencies of life at any table.

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