The Works of Hannah More, in Four Volumes: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published, Band 2D. Graisberry, 1803 - 393 Seiten |
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... less that it will be irretrieveable : but I dare repeat that it is exposing feeble virtue to a pow- erful temptation ; and to a hazard so great , that were the same reason applied to any worldly subject , it would be thought a folly to ...
... less that it will be irretrieveable : but I dare repeat that it is exposing feeble virtue to a pow- erful temptation ; and to a hazard so great , that were the same reason applied to any worldly subject , it would be thought a folly to ...
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... less guarded and worse principled ; and whose heroes have perhaps neither the apology of acknowledged paganism , nor the sanc- tion of historic truth ? For Addison , who in general has made his piece a vehicle of the noblest and most pa ...
... less guarded and worse principled ; and whose heroes have perhaps neither the apology of acknowledged paganism , nor the sanc- tion of historic truth ? For Addison , who in general has made his piece a vehicle of the noblest and most pa ...
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... less danger , and to study human nature with more advantage , from the perusal of selected parts of this incomparable genius , than from most other attainable sources . I would in this view con- sider Shakespeare as a philosopher as ...
... less danger , and to study human nature with more advantage , from the perusal of selected parts of this incomparable genius , than from most other attainable sources . I would in this view con- sider Shakespeare as a philosopher as ...
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... less corrupt than that of the pieces of almost any dramatist ; and the reader rises from the perusal of Shakespeare without those dis- tinct images of evil on his mind , without having his he art so dissolved by amatory scenes , or his ...
... less corrupt than that of the pieces of almost any dramatist ; and the reader rises from the perusal of Shakespeare without those dis- tinct images of evil on his mind , without having his he art so dissolved by amatory scenes , or his ...
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... less solicitous , Less prudent and more fond ; th ' enamour'd heart Conscious its loves , and blest in being lov'd , Reposes on the object it adores , And trusts the passion it inspires and feels.- Thou hast not learnt how terrible it ...
... less solicitous , Less prudent and more fond ; th ' enamour'd heart Conscious its loves , and blest in being lov'd , Reposes on the object it adores , And trusts the passion it inspires and feels.- Thou hast not learnt how terrible it ...
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Seite 294 - You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Seite 388 - The Lord gave, and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord.
Seite 91 - To drive the deer with hound and horn Earl Percy took his way ; The child may rue that is unborn The hunting of that day.
Seite 240 - To love mankind so dearly, and yet avoid all opportunities of doing them good ; to have such a noble zeal for the millions, and to feel so little compassion for the units ; to long to free empires and enlighten kingdoms ; and yet deny instruction to your own village, and comfort to your own family.
Seite 274 - But it was in vain to speak ; for his daughters constantly stopped his mouth by a favourite saying of theirs, which equally indicated affectation and vulgarity — that it was better to be out of the world than out of the fashion. Soon after dinner, the women went out to their several employments, and Mr. Worthy, being left alone with his guest, the following discourse took place.
Seite 186 - From scatter'd acorns pick a scanty meal ; — Far from the sweet civilities of life ; There let him live and vaunt his wretched freedom : While we, obedient to the laws that guard us, Guard them, and live or die as they decree.
Seite 421 - I, farmer, think that to teach good " principles to the lower classes, is the " most likely way to save the country. " Now, in order to this, we must teach
Seite 27 - ... hurtful to others, and which must, if so, be displeasing to God ? The stage is by universal concurrence allowed to be no indifferent thing. The impressions it makes on the mind are deep and strong ; deeper and stronger perhaps than are made by any otner amusement. If then such impressions be in the general hostile to Christianity, the whole resolves itself into this short question — Should a Christian frequent it...
Seite 160 - There new-born plays foretaste the town's applause, There dormant patterns pine for future gauze. A moral essay now is all her care, A satire next, and then a bill of fare. A scene she now projects, and now a dish, Here Act the First, and here
Seite 14 - to lust after her, hath already committed adultery " in his heart,