Memoir of the Life of John Bowdler, EsqLongman & Company, 1825 - 348 pages |
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... object pursued through the life of him who is deceased may be carried forward after his death , and he may still continue to " do good . " Such a statement is attempted in the following pages ; and it is thrown into the form of a ...
... object pursued through the life of him who is deceased may be carried forward after his death , and he may still continue to " do good . " Such a statement is attempted in the following pages ; and it is thrown into the form of a ...
Page 68
... object in a favourable light , must take time to consider it , must use glasses if need be ; but if he cannot have all these helps , what can he do but trust to those that have better eyes , as to any case where he is obliged to take a ...
... object in a favourable light , must take time to consider it , must use glasses if need be ; but if he cannot have all these helps , what can he do but trust to those that have better eyes , as to any case where he is obliged to take a ...
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... object , furnishes a new motive for action , which may extend its influence over every moment of our lives ; it teaches us to exalt the most trifling actions into exertions of virtue ; and to find , in the employments of every hour ...
... object , furnishes a new motive for action , which may extend its influence over every moment of our lives ; it teaches us to exalt the most trifling actions into exertions of virtue ; and to find , in the employments of every hour ...
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... objects of praise or blame ; and pride may often find its own interest in throwing the faults of individuals upon human nature in general , and thereby freeing them from the blame which must otherwise have fallen upon themselves in ...
... objects of praise or blame ; and pride may often find its own interest in throwing the faults of individuals upon human nature in general , and thereby freeing them from the blame which must otherwise have fallen upon themselves in ...
Page 118
... object of her love , gone to provide for her and for himself ; necessity had pro- bably soon taught her to braid the tresses of her hair ; and she now tries the same method with the rushes of which her bed is formed ; and twisting them ...
... object of her love , gone to provide for her and for himself ; necessity had pro- bably soon taught her to braid the tresses of her hair ; and she now tries the same method with the rushes of which her bed is formed ; and twisting them ...
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