Memoir of the Life of John Bowdler, EsqLongman & Company, 1825 - 348 pages |
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... reason Bishop Burnet accused him of approaching to that church . Such , indeed , were his acuteness , his steadiness of principle , his learning , and his acquaintance with writers of an- tiquity , that it will perhaps be difficult to ...
... reason Bishop Burnet accused him of approaching to that church . Such , indeed , were his acuteness , his steadiness of principle , his learning , and his acquaintance with writers of an- tiquity , that it will perhaps be difficult to ...
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... reason I am greatly against teaching children to say their prayers or their catechism in French , as is commonly done ; for it only gives them a dislike to both , and makes reli- gion a task besides , that the translation we have of the ...
... reason I am greatly against teaching children to say their prayers or their catechism in French , as is commonly done ; for it only gives them a dislike to both , and makes reli- gion a task besides , that the translation we have of the ...
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... beauty ; but for some reason not now known he was removed to an academy at Brompton , where he mourned over his hard fate , and a Scotch grammar , which , C 4 J. BOWDLER , ESQ . 23 parents acquired a knowledge of religion beyond ...
... beauty ; but for some reason not now known he was removed to an academy at Brompton , where he mourned over his hard fate , and a Scotch grammar , which , C 4 J. BOWDLER , ESQ . 23 parents acquired a knowledge of religion beyond ...
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... reason and natural religion to nearly an equal rank with revelation ; he was also equally averse to the doctrine of a spiritual motion in the heart of individuals , which , as taught by some enthusiasts , would render the revealed word ...
... reason and natural religion to nearly an equal rank with revelation ; he was also equally averse to the doctrine of a spiritual motion in the heart of individuals , which , as taught by some enthusiasts , would render the revealed word ...
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... said he , " is crucified between two thieves , Reason and the private Spirit ; but the penitent one does not appear either on the one side or the other . " books cannot furnish ; and in the following month went J. BOWDLER , ESQ . 27.
... said he , " is crucified between two thieves , Reason and the private Spirit ; but the penitent one does not appear either on the one side or the other . " books cannot furnish ; and in the following month went J. BOWDLER , ESQ . 27.
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