Considerations Upon War, Upon Cruelty in General: And Religious Cruelty in Particular. Also, an Attempt to Prove that Everlasting Punishments are Inconsistent with the Divine Attributes. ...T. Osborne, 1758 - 468 pages |
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... She ftands in guard , with her right foot before ; Her coats tuck'd up , and all her motions just , She ftamps , and then cries , bab ! at every thrust . AND fo exceffively fond were the people in general of these deteftable spectacles ...
... She ftands in guard , with her right foot before ; Her coats tuck'd up , and all her motions just , She ftamps , and then cries , bab ! at every thrust . AND fo exceffively fond were the people in general of these deteftable spectacles ...
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... she was cunning : you , faid he , understand fomething , this is the " course you should take with us . " It appears she knew , as Dr. Garth says , That the fame nerves are fashion'd to fuftain The greatest pleasure and the greatest ...
... she was cunning : you , faid he , understand fomething , this is the " course you should take with us . " It appears she knew , as Dr. Garth says , That the fame nerves are fashion'd to fuftain The greatest pleasure and the greatest ...
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... she was returning from a vifit , feized on her , dragged her out of her chariot , carried her to one of the churches , ftripped her naked , fcraped her to death with fhells , then tore her in pieces , and burnt her body to ashes ...
... she was returning from a vifit , feized on her , dragged her out of her chariot , carried her to one of the churches , ftripped her naked , fcraped her to death with fhells , then tore her in pieces , and burnt her body to ashes ...
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... She was , " fays he , " a good " chriftian , very devout , went often to con- " feffion , and never miffed divine fervice , " morning or evening . " This is indeed no uncommon character ; for there are many ftances to be met with , of ...
... She was , " fays he , " a good " chriftian , very devout , went often to con- " feffion , and never miffed divine fervice , " morning or evening . " This is indeed no uncommon character ; for there are many ftances to be met with , of ...
Page 198
... she would faithfully make this confeffion and discovery to him , he would find out a method to relieve her from her misfortunes , and to fend them all back to their houses . This wheedling effected what torturing could not : the young ...
... she would faithfully make this confeffion and discovery to him , he would find out a method to relieve her from her misfortunes , and to fend them all back to their houses . This wheedling effected what torturing could not : the young ...
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Page 119 - For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of 'Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices : but this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people : and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Page 362 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with a span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance...
Page 104 - And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon.
Page 447 - At her feet he bowed he fell, he lay down at her feet he bowed, he fell where he bowed, there he fell down dead...
Page 356 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Page 362 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 106 - Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
Page 446 - And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.
Page 450 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 433 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.