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" Wholly unacquainted with the world in which they are so fond of meddling, and inexperienced in all its affairs, on which they pronounce with so much confidence, they have nothing of politics but the passions they excite. Surely the church is a place where... "
The church scholar's reading-book, selected from the Saturday magazine - Page 218
by Saturday magazine - 1840
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The National Quarterly Review

Edward Isidore Sears, David Allyn Gorton, Charles H. Woodman - 1880 - 1104 pages
...charity. The cause of civil liberty and civil government gains as little as that of religion by this confusion of duties. Those who quit their proper character...of meddling, and inexperienced in all its affairs, on which they pronounce with so much confidence, they have nothing of politics but the passions they...
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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes. Authors, 544 ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 pages
...charity. The cause of civil liberty and civil government gains as little as that of religion by this a of their civil rights associated with your government,...ment may be one thing and their privileges another, on which they pronounce with so much confidence, they have nothing of politics but the pas-ions they...
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Concerning Spiritual Gifts

Francis Paget - 1881 - 92 pages
...There is a memorable sentence of Burke's in regard to such acts of trespass : " those," he says, " who quit their proper character to assume what does...character they leave and of the character they assume." And lastly, we are bound to a sensitive and anxious care, that in the course of our co-operation with...
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Good Behavior ...

1881 - 428 pages
...cultivated manners will seek to avoid incongruities under every circumstance of life. 13. Those •«•ho quit their proper character to assume •what does not belong to them, either in dress or any thing else, are, for the greater part, ignorant both of the character they leave...
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The Manifesto, Volumes 14-15

1884 - 586 pages
...the covert of Thy boundless grace, My soul would find indwelling life for aye. Mt. Lebanon, J?. I". THOSE who quit their proper character to assume what...greater part, ignorant both of the character they leave nnd that they assume. — J}urke. BIBLICAL. NO. 1. BT UC BLINN. THE Bible is certainly a wonderful...
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Dublin examination papers

Dublin city, univ - 1885 - 476 pages
...as little as that of religion by this confusion of duties. Those who quit their proper characters, to assume what does not belong to them, are, for the...character they leave, and of the character they assume. FRENCH AND GERMAN. MR. MAHAFFY. 1. Translate into English :— Plusieurs anecdotes de la via de Racine,...
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Gems of Thought: Being a Collection of More Than a Thousand Choice ...

1888 - 252 pages
...the shade and solitude, and beneath the quiet stars. Those who quit their proper character to asstnne what does not belong to them, are, for the greater...part, ignorant both of the character they leave and of that they assume. E. Burlce. The most brilliant qualities become useless when they are not sustained...
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Treasury of Wisdom, Wit and Humor, Odd Comparisons and Proverbs: Authors ...

1891 - 556 pages
...full blown pride, Know little of affections crushed within And wrongs which frenzy thee. Talfourd. Those who quit their proper character to assume what...belong to them, are for the greater part ignorant of both the character they leave and of the character they assume. Burke. ATTRIBUTES or A. Though gay...
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The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...: Political miscellanies ...

Edmund Burke - 1892 - 598 pages
...charity. The cause of civil liberty and civil government gains as little as that of religion by this confusion of duties. Those who quit their proper character,...of the character they leave, and of the character rthey assume. Wholly unacquainted with the world in which they are so fond of meddling, and inexperienced...
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Treasury of Thought: Forming an Encyclopædia of Quotations from Ancient and ...

Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 pages
...and which is occasionally longer, occasionally shorter, than he is. — Madame de la liochejaquelein. Those who quit their proper character to assume what...character they leave and of the character they assume. — Burke. A German writer observes : " The noblest characters only show themselves in their real light....
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