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" Why should not the same thing be said of religion ? Trust me, I feel it in the same way — an energy, an inspiration, which I would not lose for all the blessings of sense, or enjoyments of the world ; yet so far from lessening my relish of the pleasures... "
The British Essayists;: Mirror - Page 225
by Alexander Chalmers - 1807
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The New Novelist's Magazine, Or Entertaining Library of Pleasing ..., Volume 1

English literature - 1787 - 470 pages
...bleffings of fenfe, or enjoyments of the world; yet, fo far from leffening my reliih of the pleafures of life, methinks I feel it heighten them all. The thought of receiving it from God, adds the blefiing of fen timen t to that of fenfaiion in every good thing I poflefs; and when calamities overtake...
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Select British Classics, Volume 31

English literature - 1803 - 308 pages
...blessings of sense, or enjoyments of the world ; yet, so far from lessening my relish of the " pleasures of life, methinks I feel it heighten them " all. The thought of receiving it from God, addi " the blesping of sentiment to that of sensation in " every good thing I possess ; and when calamities...
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The Works of Henry Mackenzie, Volume 4

Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 434 pages
...blessings of sense or enjoyments of the world ; yet so far from lessening my relish of the pleasures of life, methinks I feel it heighten them all. The...me • — and I have had my share — it confers a VOL. IV. N dignity on my affliction, . so lifts me above the world ! — Man, I know, is but a worm,...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 5

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...blessings of sense, or enjoyments of the world ; yet, so far from lessening my relish of the pleasures of life, methinks I feel it heighten them all. The...adds the blessing of sentiment to that of sensation id every good thing I possess ; and, when calamities overtake me, and I have had my share, it confers...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to ...

Noah Webster - Elocution - 1814 - 240 pages
...so far from lessening my relish of the pleasures of life, that I feel it heightens them all. 35. " The thought of receiving it from God, adds the blessing...sentiment to that of sensation, in every good thing which I possess ; and when calamities overtake me, (and I have had my share), it confers a dignity...
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The miscellaneous works of Henry Mackenzie, Volume 3

Henry Mackenzie - 1815 - 302 pages
...blessings of sense, or enjoyments of the world ; yet, so far from lessening my relish of the pleasures of life, methinks I feel it heighten them all. The...good thing I possess; and when calamities overtake me—and I have had my share—it confers a dignity on my affliction,— so lifts me above the world.—Man,...
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The Works of Henry Mackenzie ...: The man of feeling, and Miscellaneous pieces

Henry Mackenzie - 1815 - 290 pages
...blessings of sense, or ' enjoyments of the world ; yet, so far from lessening my relish of the pleasures of life, methinks I feel it heighten them all. The...it from God, adds the blessing of sentiment to that bf sensation in every good thing I possess ; and when calamities overtake me— and I have had my share—...
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The Female Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse: Selected ...

Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...blessings of sense, or enjoyments of the world J yet, so far from lessening my relish of the pleasures of life, methinks I feel it heighten them all. The...on my affliction, so lifts me above the world. Man, I know, is but a worm; yet, methinks, I am then allied to God ! " It would have been inhuman in our...
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The British Essayists: Guardian

James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 328 pages
...blessings of sense, or enjoyments of the world ; yet so far from lessening my relish of the pleasures of life, methinks I feel it heighten them all. The...on my affliction, so lifts me above the world. Man, I know, is but a worm, — yet, methinks I am then allied to God !'-— It would have been inhuman...
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The Mirror: A Periodical Paper Published in Edinburgh in the Years ..., Volume 1

1822 - 326 pages
...blessings of sense, or enjoyments of the world ; yet so far from lessening my relish of the pleasures of life, methinks I feel it heighten them all. The...on my affliction, so lifts me above the world. Man, I know, is but :t worm, — yet, methinks I am then allied to God !'— It would have been inhuman...
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