Twelve Sermons: On 1. Hypocrisy and Cruelty. 2. Drunkenness. 3. Bribery. 4. The Rights of the Poor. 5. Unjust Judges. 6. The Sluggard. 7. Murder. 8. Gaming. 9. Public Robbery. 10. The Unnatural Mother. 11. Forbidden Marriage. 12. Parsons and TithesJ.M. Cobbett, 1823 - 295 pages |
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... necessary preliminary being , a setting of the admonitions of conscience at defiance . Thus hardened , the hypocrite will proceed to almost any lengths . First , he endea- vours to obtain his object by exciting in others a high opinion ...
... necessary preliminary being , a setting of the admonitions of conscience at defiance . Thus hardened , the hypocrite will proceed to almost any lengths . First , he endea- vours to obtain his object by exciting in others a high opinion ...
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... necessary to select a crime , with regard to which reason has much less to do , with the populace , than passion . Men do not reason upon subjects where their hopes and fears are deeply en- gaged . The mass of mankind , having adopted ...
... necessary to select a crime , with regard to which reason has much less to do , with the populace , than passion . Men do not reason upon subjects where their hopes and fears are deeply en- gaged . The mass of mankind , having adopted ...
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... necessary ; and , we ought therefore , always to be upon our guard as to matters of this kind . When we hear our neigh- bour railed against as a blasphemer , and especially when we see him seriously arraigned upon such an imputation ...
... necessary ; and , we ought therefore , always to be upon our guard as to matters of this kind . When we hear our neigh- bour railed against as a blasphemer , and especially when we see him seriously arraigned upon such an imputation ...
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... necessary . Murder in this or that form ; if nothing short of mur- der will do . But to get at the property of others and to secure that property , are the objects . The horrible cruelties inflicted by the Priests in France and Spain ...
... necessary . Murder in this or that form ; if nothing short of mur- der will do . But to get at the property of others and to secure that property , are the objects . The horrible cruelties inflicted by the Priests in France and Spain ...
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... necessary to the sustenance of the body , is , for a time , at least , a load upon the mind . There are few men who do not well know from experi- ence , that , in the morning , and fasting , the mind is always clearest , more strong ...
... necessary to the sustenance of the body , is , for a time , at least , a load upon the mind . There are few men who do not well know from experi- ence , that , in the morning , and fasting , the mind is always clearest , more strong ...
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