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But I have been oppressed with anxiety , lest I should not perform the important
task I had undertaken in the right spirit and the most judicious manner . I have
conscientiously tried to do it with great care , fearless truthfulness , perfect
candour ...
But I have been oppressed with anxiety , lest I should not perform the important
task I had undertaken in the right spirit and the most judicious manner . I have
conscientiously tried to do it with great care , fearless truthfulness , perfect
candour ...
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Doubtless , a learned person could have performed the task far better , in many
respects ; but on some accounts , my want of learning is an advantage . Thoughts
do not range so freely , when the store - room of the brain is overloaded with ...
Doubtless , a learned person could have performed the task far better , in many
respects ; but on some accounts , my want of learning is an advantage . Thoughts
do not range so freely , when the store - room of the brain is overloaded with ...
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The Hindoo Sacred Writings are filled with all manner of miracles performed by
these saints . There are traditions that some of them were taken up alive to
heaven ; and impressions on the rocks are shown , said to be footprints they left
when ...
The Hindoo Sacred Writings are filled with all manner of miracles performed by
these saints . There are traditions that some of them were taken up alive to
heaven ; and impressions on the rocks are shown , said to be footprints they left
when ...
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Joining his hands upon his forehead , he made a profound obeisance , and thus
addressed them :" The happiness I this day enjoy can only be in reward for some
good works I have performed in a previous state of existence . I possess all ...
Joining his hands upon his forehead , he made a profound obeisance , and thus
addressed them :" The happiness I this day enjoy can only be in reward for some
good works I have performed in a previous state of existence . I possess all ...
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Sometimes kings , who had been dethroned by conquest , or merchants who had
lost their wealth , retired from the world and performed sacrifices to regain their
lost fortune . This course was respected as pious and meritorious ; but it ...
Sometimes kings , who had been dethroned by conquest , or merchants who had
lost their wealth , retired from the world and performed sacrifices to regain their
lost fortune . This course was respected as pious and meritorious ; but it ...
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Page 400 - And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Page ix - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Page 398 - And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people ; now, therefore, let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them ; and I will make of thee a great nation.
Page 417 - And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Page 436 - And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all. And he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Page ix - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?
Page 399 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Page 405 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page 404 - The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart...
Page 438 - And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks Volume 1 of The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Lydia Maria Child |
| Author | Lydia Maria Child |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 30 Nov 2005 |
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