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Page 52
... thing stationary . There is no progress in knowledge - no change for the better in any department in life . The fashion of dress , the form of agricultural and mechanical in- struments , the manner of erecting habitations , and the ...
... thing stationary . There is no progress in knowledge - no change for the better in any department in life . The fashion of dress , the form of agricultural and mechanical in- struments , the manner of erecting habitations , and the ...
Page 58
... thing that is debasing . Gross and polluted as their divinities are , they are yet too refined and elevated , in their estimation , to be worshipped without imagery . Images are made in forms as various , unnatural , and horrid , as the ...
... thing that is debasing . Gross and polluted as their divinities are , they are yet too refined and elevated , in their estimation , to be worshipped without imagery . Images are made in forms as various , unnatural , and horrid , as the ...
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Caleb Wright. murder a traveller , if they hear or see any thing which , according to their superstitious notions , indicates evil , they allow him to pass on unmolested ; but if the omen is esteemed good , they re- gard it as a positive ...
Caleb Wright. murder a traveller , if they hear or see any thing which , according to their superstitious notions , indicates evil , they allow him to pass on unmolested ; but if the omen is esteemed good , they re- gard it as a positive ...
Page 125
... thing else , and attend upon him alone . A woman has no other god on earth than her husband . The most excellent of ... things , spying no defects in his character , and giving him no cause for disquiet . If he laughs , she must also ...
... thing else , and attend upon him alone . A woman has no other god on earth than her husband . The most excellent of ... things , spying no defects in his character , and giving him no cause for disquiet . If he laughs , she must also ...
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... thing in life , in death , and eternity , that can inspire you with the love of existence , you derive from the gospel . To you , then , in a special manner , is the gospel " glad tidings of great joy . " This island is inhabited only ...
... thing in life , in death , and eternity , that can inspire you with the love of existence , you derive from the gospel . To you , then , in a special manner , is the gospel " glad tidings of great joy . " This island is inhabited only ...
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