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... appeared exceedingly dull and cheerless . The upper classes were tainted with infidelity and licentiousness , the lower classes were thoroughly ignorant , depraved , and brutal even in their amusements . Government was corruptly adminis ...
... appeared exceedingly dull and cheerless . The upper classes were tainted with infidelity and licentiousness , the lower classes were thoroughly ignorant , depraved , and brutal even in their amusements . Government was corruptly adminis ...
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... appearance after the religious and sceptical influences had been causing the public mind to ferment . Things wholly ... appeared as an author for the first time in 1730 , in answer to an " Enquiry into the Causes of the Decay of the ...
... appearance after the religious and sceptical influences had been causing the public mind to ferment . Things wholly ... appeared as an author for the first time in 1730 , in answer to an " Enquiry into the Causes of the Decay of the ...
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... appeared amongst them ; the congregations increased in numbers and respectability , com- prising a large portion of the middle classes , while the triumphs of Methodism were amongst the hand - working classes . Its suc- cess , however ...
... appeared amongst them ; the congregations increased in numbers and respectability , com- prising a large portion of the middle classes , while the triumphs of Methodism were amongst the hand - working classes . Its suc- cess , however ...
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... appeared to throw light on the darkness . Paley's " Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy " appeared in 1785 ; his " Horæ Paulinæ , " in 1790 ; and his " Evidences of Christianity , " in 1794. His " Natural Theology " ' did not ...
... appeared to throw light on the darkness . Paley's " Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy " appeared in 1785 ; his " Horæ Paulinæ , " in 1790 ; and his " Evidences of Christianity , " in 1794. His " Natural Theology " ' did not ...
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... appeared Bentham's first work , " A Fragment on Government . " It was published anonymously ; and , though it was a book not calculated to gain many readers , it at least startled the thinkers . Dr. Johnson attributed it to Dunning ...
... appeared Bentham's first work , " A Fragment on Government . " It was published anonymously ; and , though it was a book not calculated to gain many readers , it at least startled the thinkers . Dr. Johnson attributed it to Dunning ...
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Page 83 - In such access of mind, in such high hour Of visitation from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed ; he proffered no request ; Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the Power That made him ; — it was blessedness and love...
Page 233 - But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
Page 212 - And sage experience bids me this declare — 'If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair, In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
Page 51 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 63 - I am amazed at his Grace's speech. The noble duke cannot look before him, behind him, or on either side of him, without seeing some noble peer, who owes his seat in this house to his successful exertions in the profession to which I belong.
Page 75 - Two men more different could perhaps not be selected out of all mankind. They had even attacked one another with some asperity in their writings ; yet I lived in habits of friendship with both. I could fully relish the excellence of each ; for I have ever delighted in that intellectual chemistry, which can separate good qualities from evil in the same person. Sir John Pringle, "mine own friend and my father's friend,
Page 197 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 3 - Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Page 23 - ... and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. Judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly, virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed. For prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Page 75 - What do you mean, sir? What do you take me for? Do you think I am so ignorant of the world as to imagine that I am to prescribe to a gentleman what company he is to have at his table?