The Friend: A Series of Essays, in Three Volumes, to Aid in the Formation of Fixed Principles in Politics, Morals, and Religion, with Literary Amusements Interspersed, Volume 3Rest Fenner, 1818 - 375 pages |
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... country has been distinguished . We may illustrate this by the familiar use of the words Ancient and Modern , when applied to poetry - what can be more inconsiderate or unjust than to compare a few existing writers with the 31.
... country has been distinguished . We may illustrate this by the familiar use of the words Ancient and Modern , when applied to poetry - what can be more inconsiderate or unjust than to compare a few existing writers with the 31.
Page 32
... words Ancient and Modern , and be unconscious that they have fallen into it . These observations are not made as imply- ing a dissent from the belief of my Correspon- dent , that the moral spirit and intellectual powers of this country ...
... words Ancient and Modern , and be unconscious that they have fallen into it . These observations are not made as imply- ing a dissent from the belief of my Correspon- dent , that the moral spirit and intellectual powers of this country ...
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... words , or of the imagination to conceive in spirit , actions or characters of more exalted virtue , than those which thousands of years ago have existed upon earth , as we know from the records of authentic history . Such is VOL . III ...
... words , or of the imagination to conceive in spirit , actions or characters of more exalted virtue , than those which thousands of years ago have existed upon earth , as we know from the records of authentic history . Such is VOL . III ...
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... words , to what degree do I value my faculties and my attainments for their own sakes ? or are they chiefly prized by me on ac- count of the distinction which they confer , or the superiority which they give me over others ? Am I aware ...
... words , to what degree do I value my faculties and my attainments for their own sakes ? or are they chiefly prized by me on ac- count of the distinction which they confer , or the superiority which they give me over others ? Am I aware ...
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... word the sanctities of religion ) sit enthroned above all denominations and dig- nities which , in varions degrees of exaltation , rule over the desires of men ? -Do I feel that , if their solemn mandates shall be forgotten , or ...
... word the sanctities of religion ) sit enthroned above all denominations and dig- nities which , in varions degrees of exaltation , rule over the desires of men ? -Do I feel that , if their solemn mandates shall be forgotten , or ...
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