The Meditations of a Recluse: Chiefly on Religious SubjectsF. and C. Rivington, and W. Clarke, 1802 |
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... characters of men ; for it is as impossible . to reflect in the midst of the busy , as it is to rest upon the bosom of a torrent . From the smallest observation , therefore , it will be evident that , the extremes of life are equally to ...
... characters of men ; for it is as impossible . to reflect in the midst of the busy , as it is to rest upon the bosom of a torrent . From the smallest observation , therefore , it will be evident that , the extremes of life are equally to ...
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... character of A Recluse , and as congenial with my natural disposi- tion , as well as my professional studies , I propose to consider man as a religious being ; capable of cultivating religion for the most useful purposes of life ...
... character of A Recluse , and as congenial with my natural disposi- tion , as well as my professional studies , I propose to consider man as a religious being ; capable of cultivating religion for the most useful purposes of life ...
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... character , were the most civilized na- tion on the globe . In what shape did virtue appear amongst them ? or rather did she appear at all ? and was she able , by her own intrinfic worth , to banish vice from the face of the earth ? -At ...
... character , were the most civilized na- tion on the globe . In what shape did virtue appear amongst them ? or rather did she appear at all ? and was she able , by her own intrinfic worth , to banish vice from the face of the earth ? -At ...
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... character debased by some secret alloy ? We turn our eyes with pity from the poniard of Brutus and the sword of Cato . To a real defect in principle we may ascribe this general failure in the conduct of the wisest heathens . The ...
... character debased by some secret alloy ? We turn our eyes with pity from the poniard of Brutus and the sword of Cato . To a real defect in principle we may ascribe this general failure in the conduct of the wisest heathens . The ...
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... character ; a cha- racter that neither brings happiness to itself , nor distributes it among its fellow creatures . These observations might be pursued , per- haps , through all the catalogue of human , virtues . It is the motive which ...
... character ; a cha- racter that neither brings happiness to itself , nor distributes it among its fellow creatures . These observations might be pursued , per- haps , through all the catalogue of human , virtues . It is the motive which ...
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