Lacon: or, Many things in few words, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme&Brown, 1822 |
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... best care of number one , who takes care that number one shall go to heaven ; that blessed place is full of those same selfish beings who by having con- 1 stantly done good to others , have as constantly iv INTRODUCTION .
... best care of number one , who takes care that number one shall go to heaven ; that blessed place is full of those same selfish beings who by having con- 1 stantly done good to others , have as constantly iv INTRODUCTION .
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... heaven , a cælo descendit , y diator . But the same authority has not been bold enough to affirm that it had yet reached the earth ; and from all that we can observe , we might be pardoned for suspecting that this celestial maxim was ...
... heaven , a cælo descendit , y diator . But the same authority has not been bold enough to affirm that it had yet reached the earth ; and from all that we can observe , we might be pardoned for suspecting that this celestial maxim was ...
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... heaven ! Analogy has in fact supplied the first stone of the foundation , and that alone ; but infidelity has reared the superstructure , with an industry as fertile of resource , and we might add , of inven- tion , as that of the ...
... heaven ! Analogy has in fact supplied the first stone of the foundation , and that alone ; but infidelity has reared the superstructure , with an industry as fertile of resource , and we might add , of inven- tion , as that of the ...
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... heaven , would be im- mediately transformed into a changeling of hell ; the brightest reason would be the blackest curse , and weakness more salutary than strength ; for the villainy of man would in- crease with the depravity of his ...
... heaven , would be im- mediately transformed into a changeling of hell ; the brightest reason would be the blackest curse , and weakness more salutary than strength ; for the villainy of man would in- crease with the depravity of his ...
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... heavens , I trust it is not Atheism ! " No , your honour , it is something worse than that . " " Worse than Atheism ! impossible ; nothing can be worse than Atheism ! " " Yes it is , your honour - it is Rheumatism ! " 1 LXXXIII ...
... heavens , I trust it is not Atheism ! " No , your honour , it is something worse than that . " " Worse than Atheism ! impossible ; nothing can be worse than Atheism ! " " Yes it is , your honour - it is Rheumatism ! " 1 LXXXIII ...
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