Miscellanies: The Tenth VolumeR. Dodsley in Pall-mall., 1745 - 277 pages |
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... beft , of well- meaning ) People , as well as by the Malice of those who are Enemies to all Revealed Reli- gion , and are not content to poffefs their own Infidelity in Silence , without communicating it to the Disturbance of Mankind ...
... beft , of well- meaning ) People , as well as by the Malice of those who are Enemies to all Revealed Reli- gion , and are not content to poffefs their own Infidelity in Silence , without communicating it to the Disturbance of Mankind ...
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... beft Prince is , in the Opinion of wife Men , only the greatest Servant of the Nation ; not only a Servant to the Publick in general , but in fome fort to every Man in it . In the like manner , a Servant owes Obedience , and Diligence ...
... beft Prince is , in the Opinion of wife Men , only the greatest Servant of the Nation ; not only a Servant to the Publick in general , but in fome fort to every Man in it . In the like manner , a Servant owes Obedience , and Diligence ...
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... beft and easiest manner bring us back as it were to that early State of the Gospel when Christians had all things in common . For if the Poor found the Rich disposed to supply their Wants ; if the Igno- rant found the Wife ready to ...
... beft and easiest manner bring us back as it were to that early State of the Gospel when Christians had all things in common . For if the Poor found the Rich disposed to supply their Wants ; if the Igno- rant found the Wife ready to ...
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... beft Preferments in their Gift ; and thus the young Men fent into the Church from the University here , have no better Prospect than to be Curates , or fmall Country - Vicars , for Life . It will become fo excellent a Governor as you ...
... beft Preferments in their Gift ; and thus the young Men fent into the Church from the University here , have no better Prospect than to be Curates , or fmall Country - Vicars , for Life . It will become fo excellent a Governor as you ...
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... you from moft great Men I have known these thirty Years paft , whom I have always obferved to act as if they never received a true Character , nor nor had any Value for the Beft , and confe- 60 LETTERS on feveral Occafions .
... you from moft great Men I have known these thirty Years paft , whom I have always obferved to act as if they never received a true Character , nor nor had any Value for the Beft , and confe- 60 LETTERS on feveral Occafions .
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Page 23 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Page 99 - I could not behave myself tolerably, and should redouble her sorrow. Judge in what a temper of mind I write this. The very time I am writing, I conclude the fairest soul in the world hath left its body.
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Page 191 - How ftrange a paradox is true, That men who liv'd and dy'd without a name Are the chief heroes in the facred lift of Fame.
Page 10 - And all this is highly reasonable : for faith is an entire dependence upon the truth, the power, the justice, and the mercy of God ; which dependence will certainly incline us to obey him in all things.