Sermons. Memoirs of Captain John Creichton.-v.11-15. LettersJ. Johnson, 1801 |
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... gentlemen are inclined to ; and they justly think it below the dignity of a man to stoop to so base and low a sin ; but no principle of honour , no workings of the mind and conscience , not the still voice of mercy , not the dreadful ...
... gentlemen are inclined to ; and they justly think it below the dignity of a man to stoop to so base and low a sin ; but no principle of honour , no workings of the mind and conscience , not the still voice of mercy , not the dreadful ...
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... gentlemen , who , kept from school by the indulgence of their parents but a few years , are never able to recover the time they have lost , and grow up in ig- norance and all manner of vice , whereof we have too many examples all over ...
... gentlemen , who , kept from school by the indulgence of their parents but a few years , are never able to recover the time they have lost , and grow up in ig- norance and all manner of vice , whereof we have too many examples all over ...
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... gentlemen , who affect the humour of railing at the clergy , are , I think , bound in honour to turn parsons themselves , and show us better ex- amples . Miserable mortals ! can we contribute to the honour and glory of God ? I could ...
... gentlemen , who affect the humour of railing at the clergy , are , I think , bound in honour to turn parsons themselves , and show us better ex- amples . Miserable mortals ! can we contribute to the honour and glory of God ? I could ...
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... gentlemen in my neighbourhood tell me the same story of themselves . This , I confess , is of an unusual strain , and a good many steps below any condescen- sions a court will , I hope , ever require from you . I shall not trouble ...
... gentlemen in my neighbourhood tell me the same story of themselves . This , I confess , is of an unusual strain , and a good many steps below any condescen- sions a court will , I hope , ever require from you . I shall not trouble ...
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... gentleman in that station in England , who , by his own arts , and per- sonal credit , was able to draw over a majority , and change the whole power of a prevailing side , in a nice juncture of affairs , and make a parliament expire in ...
... gentleman in that station in England , who , by his own arts , and per- sonal credit , was able to draw over a majority , and change the whole power of a prevailing side , in a nice juncture of affairs , and make a parliament expire in ...
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Page 144 - For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Page 104 - I die: * remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: * lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 86 - And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Page 67 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. ~] Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Page 223 - She was sickly from her childhood until about the age of fifteen ; but then grew into perfect health, and was looked upon as one of the most beautiful, graceful, and agreeable young women in London, only a little too fat. Her hair was blacker than a raven, and every feature of her face in perfection.
Page 214 - GOOD manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy is the best bred in the company.
Page 52 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens...
Page 31 - ... be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear.
Page 96 - Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil ; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
Page 85 - Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.