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Page 18
... they pamper a sickly appetite for excitement never conducive to action ; they
nourish a profitless sentimentality as foreign from true benevolence or charity as
cruelty itself ; they feed a spirit of false honour destructive of the repose of society
.
... they pamper a sickly appetite for excitement never conducive to action ; they
nourish a profitless sentimentality as foreign from true benevolence or charity as
cruelty itself ; they feed a spirit of false honour destructive of the repose of society
.
Page 36
... holding festivals in honour of their patrons , in which the saints of Paradise
were mingled with the deities of fable ; dramatic representations , miracles and
mysteries in churches ; feasts of fools ; sacrilegious masses ; gravy soups eaten
upon ...
... holding festivals in honour of their patrons , in which the saints of Paradise
were mingled with the deities of fable ; dramatic representations , miracles and
mysteries in churches ; feasts of fools ; sacrilegious masses ; gravy soups eaten
upon ...
Page 56
he must abandon the scenes where God had deigned to honour him with his
presence . He says , " Here I would frequent 6 and to my sons relate On this
mount He appeared , under this tree Stood visible , among these pines his voice I
heard ...
he must abandon the scenes where God had deigned to honour him with his
presence . He says , " Here I would frequent 6 and to my sons relate On this
mount He appeared , under this tree Stood visible , among these pines his voice I
heard ...
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It is so here , or nearly so ; more nearly than any where else in the world ; and
here , accordingly , it is held in honour and reputation , it ennobles and liberalizes
and elevates its professors , and fills every man's hand with blessings , which he
...
It is so here , or nearly so ; more nearly than any where else in the world ; and
here , accordingly , it is held in honour and reputation , it ennobles and liberalizes
and elevates its professors , and fills every man's hand with blessings , which he
...
Page 62
And the result is , that an enterprise fails in which many interests of this country ,
and vast schemes of ambition , and honour of its projector , were bound up
together ; an enterprise which ought to have succeeded upon all the rules by
which ...
And the result is , that an enterprise fails in which many interests of this country ,
and vast schemes of ambition , and honour of its projector , were bound up
together ; an enterprise which ought to have succeeded upon all the rules by
which ...
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| Title | American Quarterly Review, Volume 21 Volumes 298-301 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 |
| Editor | Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea & Carey, 1837 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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