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... reason and divine grace , may keep under and subdue every vice or folly to which man is most inclined . Drunkenness , * on the contrary , gives fury to the passions , and stimulus to those objects which are apt to produce them . When a ...
... reason and divine grace , may keep under and subdue every vice or folly to which man is most inclined . Drunkenness , * on the contrary , gives fury to the passions , and stimulus to those objects which are apt to produce them . When a ...
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... reason , as the Chinese allege , than that he should be free from all incumbrances in pursuing his studies . The life of this man constituted a period of a " national reformation . " But every province in the empire then was a distinct ...
... reason , as the Chinese allege , than that he should be free from all incumbrances in pursuing his studies . The life of this man constituted a period of a " national reformation . " But every province in the empire then was a distinct ...
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... Reasons for Contentment , " which he addressed to " the labour- ing part of the British public , " after pointing out the various considerations which should lead men to be satisfied with that state of life to which it has pleased God ...
... Reasons for Contentment , " which he addressed to " the labour- ing part of the British public , " after pointing out the various considerations which should lead men to be satisfied with that state of life to which it has pleased God ...
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... reason why the law ( which is still defective in many particu- lars , and needs considerable amendment ) should not be so altered as to give to the presiding judge before whom a prisoner is tried the fullest power of causing the ...
... reason why the law ( which is still defective in many particu- lars , and needs considerable amendment ) should not be so altered as to give to the presiding judge before whom a prisoner is tried the fullest power of causing the ...
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... reason why the old men desire to speak so long is , that since through their age they cannot see , nor go , nor eat , nor sleep , they would that their tongue be occupied to declare of times past . Though it be very vile for a young man ...
... reason why the old men desire to speak so long is , that since through their age they cannot see , nor go , nor eat , nor sleep , they would that their tongue be occupied to declare of times past . Though it be very vile for a young man ...
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Page 168 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same ? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 141 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.