Letters Addressed to the Daughter of a Nobleman, on the Formation of Religious and Moral Principle, Volume 1 |
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... suffering by a steady adherence to the principles enforced- Virtue shewn to be most favourable to our happiness , independent of all consideration of a future state - Religion the surest support of virtue - An invitation to examine the ...
... suffering by a steady adherence to the principles enforced- Virtue shewn to be most favourable to our happiness , independent of all consideration of a future state - Religion the surest support of virtue - An invitation to examine the ...
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... suffer any apprehension of being obliged to make a sacrifice of our happiness here , to the hopes of obtaining happiness hereafter . Did our happiness here consist in the unlimited gratification of every appetite and passion , this ...
... suffer any apprehension of being obliged to make a sacrifice of our happiness here , to the hopes of obtaining happiness hereafter . Did our happiness here consist in the unlimited gratification of every appetite and passion , this ...
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... suffer yet more severely ; and if these bad habits are not re- solutely conquered , they will suffer through life ; accumulating in all its stages sin , and reaping in all its stages sorrow . Nor are we authorized , either by reason or ...
... suffer yet more severely ; and if these bad habits are not re- solutely conquered , they will suffer through life ; accumulating in all its stages sin , and reaping in all its stages sorrow . Nor are we authorized , either by reason or ...
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... tutors of the human race , to whom all must sub- mit , who would attain to excellence ; I do not wish to check the playful vivacity of the youthful fancy , by anticipated anticipated views of suffering and sorrow . The doctrine which [ 22 ]
... tutors of the human race , to whom all must sub- mit , who would attain to excellence ; I do not wish to check the playful vivacity of the youthful fancy , by anticipated anticipated views of suffering and sorrow . The doctrine which [ 22 ]
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Elizabeth Hamilton. anticipated views of suffering and sorrow . The doctrine which I now inculcate , is indeed of such extensive application , as to embrace every state and period of our existence : but Providence which wisely ordereth ...
Elizabeth Hamilton. anticipated views of suffering and sorrow . The doctrine which I now inculcate , is indeed of such extensive application , as to embrace every state and period of our existence : but Providence which wisely ordereth ...
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