Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 140
... believe in his heart that his client ought to have a verdict . If he does not believe it , his un- belief will appear to the jury , despite all his protesta- tions , and will become their unbelief . This is 140 ESSAY IV .
... believe in his heart that his client ought to have a verdict . If he does not believe it , his un- belief will appear to the jury , despite all his protesta- tions , and will become their unbelief . This is 140 ESSAY IV .
Page 141
... believe , we cannot adequately say , though we may repeat the words never so often . It was this conviction which Swedenborg expressed , when he described a group of persons in the spiritual world endeavouring in vain to articulate a ...
... believe , we cannot adequately say , though we may repeat the words never so often . It was this conviction which Swedenborg expressed , when he described a group of persons in the spiritual world endeavouring in vain to articulate a ...
Page 148
... believe in God , and not in names and places and persons . Let the great soul incarnated in some woman's form , poor and sad and single , in some Dolly or Joan , go out to service , and sweep chambers and scour floors , and its ...
... believe in God , and not in names and places and persons . Let the great soul incarnated in some woman's form , poor and sad and single , in some Dolly or Joan , go out to service , and sweep chambers and scour floors , and its ...
Page 187
... believe that so much charac- ter can subsist in another as to draw us by love . Can another be so blessed , and we so pure , that we can offer him tenderness ? When a man becomes dear to me , I have touched the goal of fortune . I find ...
... believe that so much charac- ter can subsist in another as to draw us by love . Can another be so blessed , and we so pure , that we can offer him tenderness ? When a man becomes dear to me , I have touched the goal of fortune . I find ...
Page 207
... believe in the soul , do not clutch at sensual sweetness before it is ripe on the slow tree of cause and effect . It is vinegar to the eyes , to deal with men of loose and imperfect perception . Dr. Johnson is reported to have said ...
... believe in the soul , do not clutch at sensual sweetness before it is ripe on the slow tree of cause and effect . It is vinegar to the eyes , to deal with men of loose and imperfect perception . Dr. Johnson is reported to have said ...
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