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Page 59
... heaven and earth , recon- ciling them together , and in the breadth of it , to former and following ages , as being equally salvation to both . CUNNING . Cunning is none of the best nor worst qualities ; it floats between virtue and ...
... heaven and earth , recon- ciling them together , and in the breadth of it , to former and following ages , as being equally salvation to both . CUNNING . Cunning is none of the best nor worst qualities ; it floats between virtue and ...
Page 82
... heaven , while Lot continued righteous in Sodom . ENJOYMENT . - No enjoyment , however inconsiderable , is confined to the present moment . A man is the happier for life from having made once an agreeable tour , or lived for any length ...
... heaven , while Lot continued righteous in Sodom . ENJOYMENT . - No enjoyment , however inconsiderable , is confined to the present moment . A man is the happier for life from having made once an agreeable tour , or lived for any length ...
Page 83
... heaven , and raises rebel- lion against God himself , it is worth our utmost care to watch it in all its disguises and approaches , that we may dis- cover it in its first entrance , and dislodge it before it pro- cures a shelter or ...
... heaven , and raises rebel- lion against God himself , it is worth our utmost care to watch it in all its disguises and approaches , that we may dis- cover it in its first entrance , and dislodge it before it pro- cures a shelter or ...
Page 95
... heaven- through much tribulation . - Sterne . FAME , COMMON . - Common fame is the only liar that de- serveth to have some respect still reserved to it ; though she telleth many an untruth , she often hits right , and most es- pecially ...
... heaven- through much tribulation . - Sterne . FAME , COMMON . - Common fame is the only liar that de- serveth to have some respect still reserved to it ; though she telleth many an untruth , she often hits right , and most es- pecially ...
Page 110
... heaven . - Lavater . GENIUS . - Genius is supposed to be a power of producing excellencies , which are out of the reach of the rules of art ; a power which no precepts can teach , and which no industry can acquire . - Sir Joshua ...
... heaven . - Lavater . GENIUS . - Genius is supposed to be a power of producing excellencies , which are out of the reach of the rules of art ; a power which no precepts can teach , and which no industry can acquire . - Sir Joshua ...
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