Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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... whilst subject to papacy , we prayed so often and with such fervor , whilst now we pray with the utmost coldness and very seldom ? " The advancing man discovers how deep a property he hath in all literature - in all fable as well as in ...
... whilst subject to papacy , we prayed so often and with such fervor , whilst now we pray with the utmost coldness and very seldom ? " The advancing man discovers how deep a property he hath in all literature - in all fable as well as in ...
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... whilst heroism and holiness are studied by another , but they are reconcilable . Prudence concerns the present time , persons , property , and existing forms . But as every fact hath its roots in the soul , and if the soul were changed ...
... whilst heroism and holiness are studied by another , but they are reconcilable . Prudence concerns the present time , persons , property , and existing forms . But as every fact hath its roots in the soul , and if the soul were changed ...
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... whilst I write it , seems the most natural thing in the world : but , yesterday , I saw a dreary vacuity in this direction in which now I see so much ; and a month hence , I doubt not , I shall wonder who he was that wrote so many ...
... whilst I write it , seems the most natural thing in the world : but , yesterday , I saw a dreary vacuity in this direction in which now I see so much ; and a month hence , I doubt not , I shall wonder who he was that wrote so many ...
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