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... procure able and refpectable labourers in the vineyard , whilft that vineyard re- pays their labours fo churlishly . I fup- pose I will not be accused of alluding to thofe overgrown dignitaries of the church , who swallow up what should ...
... procure able and refpectable labourers in the vineyard , whilft that vineyard re- pays their labours fo churlishly . I fup- pose I will not be accused of alluding to thofe overgrown dignitaries of the church , who swallow up what should ...
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... procured , we fhould not fo commonly find their public or private exhortations clouded with that damp of confcious inferiority , fo little becoming the character they should af fume . We fhould not find the curate and the gentleman fo ...
... procured , we fhould not fo commonly find their public or private exhortations clouded with that damp of confcious inferiority , fo little becoming the character they should af fume . We fhould not find the curate and the gentleman fo ...
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... procure . There are fo many obftacles to prevent the minds . of his auditors being engaged by what he fays , custom , pride , levity , a habit of con- fidering fermons as mere matters of form ; to to fay nothing of that wilful deafnefs ...
... procure . There are fo many obftacles to prevent the minds . of his auditors being engaged by what he fays , custom , pride , levity , a habit of con- fidering fermons as mere matters of form ; to to fay nothing of that wilful deafnefs ...
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... procure a plentiful meal , be- fore he feeks for music to heighten its relish . Ruftic fports , and the gaiety of uncor- rupted fimplicity , early introduced poetry , in her most captivating form , to the world . In Pastoral the first ...
... procure a plentiful meal , be- fore he feeks for music to heighten its relish . Ruftic fports , and the gaiety of uncor- rupted fimplicity , early introduced poetry , in her most captivating form , to the world . In Pastoral the first ...
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... procure the means of becoming fo . Foreign conqueft I believe to be , far from neceffary to the well - being of a state : as its defence , however , against hostile attack is connected with its very exist- ence , the character of the ...
... procure the means of becoming fo . Foreign conqueft I believe to be , far from neceffary to the well - being of a state : as its defence , however , against hostile attack is connected with its very exist- ence , the character of the ...
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