Letters Addressed to the Daughter of a Nobleman, on the Formation of Religious and Moral Principle, Volumes 1-2 |
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... of language , in the constant use of exaggerating epithets , unfriendly to the interests of truth- Exhortation against being deceived by the false appearance ― appearance of happiness assumed by the vota- ries of dissipation ( XXX.
... of language , in the constant use of exaggerating epithets , unfriendly to the interests of truth- Exhortation against being deceived by the false appearance ― appearance of happiness assumed by the vota- ries of dissipation ( XXX.
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... happiness , independent of all consideration of a future state - Religion the surest support of virtue - An invitation to examine the founda- tion upon which we rest our hopes · · • 229 LETTER LETTER I. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY E- B ...
... happiness , independent of all consideration of a future state - Religion the surest support of virtue - An invitation to examine the founda- tion upon which we rest our hopes · · • 229 LETTER LETTER I. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY E- B ...
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... happiness here , to the hopes of obtaining happiness here- · after . Did our happiness here consist in the unlimited gratification of every appetite and passion , this would cer- tainly be the case ; but even the expe- rience of ...
... happiness here , to the hopes of obtaining happiness here- · after . Did our happiness here consist in the unlimited gratification of every appetite and passion , this would cer- tainly be the case ; but even the expe- rience of ...
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... happiness than the gratification of it could have pro- cured . To illustrate this truth was the chief aim of all the best philosophers of Greece and Rome . But you , my dear child , have been initiated in the doc- trines of a philosophy ...
... happiness than the gratification of it could have pro- cured . To illustrate this truth was the chief aim of all the best philosophers of Greece and Rome . But you , my dear child , have been initiated in the doc- trines of a philosophy ...
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... happiness to be my professed object , and that all to which my arguments tend , is to per- suade you never , upon any account , to sacrifice a greater portion of happiness to a lesser . Children , and men , who are still but children ...
... happiness to be my professed object , and that all to which my arguments tend , is to per- suade you never , upon any account , to sacrifice a greater portion of happiness to a lesser . Children , and men , who are still but children ...
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Page 248 - Now if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble ; every man's work shall be made manifest ; for the day shall declare it ; because it shall be revealed by fire ; and the fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it is.
Page 94 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, And the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; That stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : That bringeth the princes to nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 46 - Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
Page 49 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 57 - In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Page 47 - O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Page 168 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Page 128 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, And the Lord shall reward thee.
Page 198 - But it shall not be so among you : but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister ; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant...
Page 56 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates : that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.