Letters Addressed to the Daughter of a Nobleman, on the Formation of Religious and Moral Principle, Volume 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 - 271 pages |
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... quires no mean effort of resolution . Unless when the parent's mind is blessed with such powers of compre- hension , as to see clearly what sacri- fices the future good demands , and possesses sufficient firmness to make the sacrifice ...
... quires no mean effort of resolution . Unless when the parent's mind is blessed with such powers of compre- hension , as to see clearly what sacri- fices the future good demands , and possesses sufficient firmness to make the sacrifice ...
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... quire , in early life , such habits of justice and of truth , as may serve as a perpetual guard , not only against the more heinous breaches of their laws , but against those petty trans- gressions of them , which , though they do not ...
... quire , in early life , such habits of justice and of truth , as may serve as a perpetual guard , not only against the more heinous breaches of their laws , but against those petty trans- gressions of them , which , though they do not ...
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... he must receive his wages . The precise boundaries between right and wrong , vice and virtue , re- quire , it must be confessed , some ac- curacy of observation , some diligence of ' of research ; but if we believe that God - [ 121 ]
... he must receive his wages . The precise boundaries between right and wrong , vice and virtue , re- quire , it must be confessed , some ac- curacy of observation , some diligence of ' of research ; but if we believe that God - [ 121 ]
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