The Monthly Review, Or, Literary JournalR. Griffiths, 1800 |
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... allowed to impose on credulous charity . So far a House of Industry will be of use , as it will annihilate all plea for idleness ; and if the poor who can work must work , either for themselves or the public , we know which they will ...
... allowed to impose on credulous charity . So far a House of Industry will be of use , as it will annihilate all plea for idleness ; and if the poor who can work must work , either for themselves or the public , we know which they will ...
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... allowed ; and these parts are called interpolations by some posterior inspired penman : but this is gratis diētum ; and we fear that no cogent proof can be produced to support the hypothesis . If some parts were confessedly not written ...
... allowed ; and these parts are called interpolations by some posterior inspired penman : but this is gratis diētum ; and we fear that no cogent proof can be produced to support the hypothesis . If some parts were confessedly not written ...
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... allowed necessity of a Christian separating himself from the criminal pleasures and pursuits of this world soon connected the ideas of holiness and solitude ; and the reputed sanctity of those persons who condemned themselves to live ...
... allowed necessity of a Christian separating himself from the criminal pleasures and pursuits of this world soon connected the ideas of holiness and solitude ; and the reputed sanctity of those persons who condemned themselves to live ...
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... allowed , or can be practised , without immi- nent danger of incurring the wrath of God . The articles are to be subscribed in their plain and obvious sense , and assent is to be given . to them simply and unequivocally . Thus only can ...
... allowed , or can be practised , without immi- nent danger of incurring the wrath of God . The articles are to be subscribed in their plain and obvious sense , and assent is to be given . to them simply and unequivocally . Thus only can ...
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... allowed then , it must be allowed , that the Pope's supremacy , and the consequences that seem to flow from it , have always been accounted the greatest obstacle to the emancipation of the Roman catholics of Britain . - Their adherence ...
... allowed then , it must be allowed , that the Pope's supremacy , and the consequences that seem to flow from it , have always been accounted the greatest obstacle to the emancipation of the Roman catholics of Britain . - Their adherence ...
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