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... common law of the land , without taking any notice of acts of parliament ; or should chuse to give his readers the common law in one book , and the statute law in another . " When the obligations of morality are taught , ' says a pious ...
... common law of the land , without taking any notice of acts of parliament ; or should chuse to give his readers the common law in one book , and the statute law in another . " When the obligations of morality are taught , ' says a pious ...
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... common blaze . What wonder , then , that moral sentiments are found of such influence in life , though springing from principles , which may appear , at first sight , somewhat small and delicate ? ' - Hume's Inquiry concerning the ...
... common blaze . What wonder , then , that moral sentiments are found of such influence in life , though springing from principles , which may appear , at first sight , somewhat small and delicate ? ' - Hume's Inquiry concerning the ...
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... common to all conditions . The farrier who shoes a horse better , and who is in greater request for his skill , than any man within ten miles of him , possesses , for all that I can see , the delight of distinction and of excelling , as ...
... common to all conditions . The farrier who shoes a horse better , and who is in greater request for his skill , than any man within ten miles of him , possesses , for all that I can see , the delight of distinction and of excelling , as ...
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... common occupations of life ; training up a child ; prosecuting a scheme for his future establishment ; making ourselves masters of a language or a science ; improving or managing an estate ; labouring after a piece of preferment ; and ...
... common occupations of life ; training up a child ; prosecuting a scheme for his future establishment ; making ourselves masters of a language or a science ; improving or managing an estate ; labouring after a piece of preferment ; and ...
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... common - room , or coffee - house ; and the difference and advantage in the choice and constitution of the two habits will show itself . Solitude comes to the one , clothed with melancholy ; to the other , it brings liberty and quiet ...
... common - room , or coffee - house ; and the difference and advantage in the choice and constitution of the two habits will show itself . Solitude comes to the one , clothed with melancholy ; to the other , it brings liberty and quiet ...
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Page 138 - And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven ; neither is there respect of persons with him.
Page 182 - And inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Page 213 - And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last : and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her. Neither do I condemn thee : go, and sin no more.
Page 150 - Lord thine oaths, but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne; nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Page 47 - For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
Page 183 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Page 192 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, 'Vengeance is mine; I will repay,' saith the Lord. "Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shall heap coals of fire on his head.
Page 217 - It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Page 106 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 192 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.