Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think. From the 8th London EdLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 267 pages |
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... hearts ; - when those who would fain persuade us that they are quite sure of heaven , appear to be in no greater hurry to go there than other folks , but put on the livery of the best master only to serve the worst ; -in an age when ...
... hearts ; - when those who would fain persuade us that they are quite sure of heaven , appear to be in no greater hurry to go there than other folks , but put on the livery of the best master only to serve the worst ; -in an age when ...
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... heart there is no God ? To say it in his head , is incompatible perhaps with a sound state of the cerebellum . But if all who wished there were no God , believed it too , we should have many atheists . He that has lived without a God ...
... heart there is no God ? To say it in his head , is incompatible perhaps with a sound state of the cerebellum . But if all who wished there were no God , believed it too , we should have many atheists . He that has lived without a God ...
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... heart and his head are against you , you have commanded only his hands . LXII . IT is far more safe to lower any pretensions that a woman may aspire to , on the score of her virtue , than those dearer ones which she may foster on the ...
... heart and his head are against you , you have commanded only his hands . LXII . IT is far more safe to lower any pretensions that a woman may aspire to , on the score of her virtue , than those dearer ones which she may foster on the ...
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... heart in his head , " for he invariably sacrificed blood to time , and means to the end . If the wrong path happened to be the shortest , that made it the right ; and he Cromwell is thus described by his confidential physician George ...
... heart in his head , " for he invariably sacrificed blood to time , and means to the end . If the wrong path happened to be the shortest , that made it the right ; and he Cromwell is thus described by his confidential physician George ...
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... stedfastly at his companion , exclaimed , " Let thy heart rejoice at the beauty of the scene ! to me it is as the desert ; but you are free ; return to your countrymen , revisit your father , that he may again rejoice , 58 MANY THINGS.
... stedfastly at his companion , exclaimed , " Let thy heart rejoice at the beauty of the scene ! to me it is as the desert ; but you are free ; return to your countrymen , revisit your father , that he may again rejoice , 58 MANY THINGS.
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