Sermons ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author, Volume 3T. Cadell; F.C. & J Rivington [& others], 1822 - Presbyterian Church |
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... enjoyment of life ; where , having surmounted the prejudices of education , and the timorous scruples of conscience , men can think and act at pleasure , and give full scope to every wish of the heart . But what if those pretended sons ...
... enjoyment of life ; where , having surmounted the prejudices of education , and the timorous scruples of conscience , men can think and act at pleasure , and give full scope to every wish of the heart . But what if those pretended sons ...
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... enjoyment . It hurries us with the violence of passion ; captivates us by the allurements of pleasure ; or dazzles us by the glare of riches . The sinner yields to the impulse , merely because he cannot resist it . Reason remon- strates ...
... enjoyment . It hurries us with the violence of passion ; captivates us by the allurements of pleasure ; or dazzles us by the glare of riches . The sinner yields to the impulse , merely because he cannot resist it . Reason remon- strates ...
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... enjoyment , his only resource is in things without . His hopes and fears all hang upon the world . He partakes in all its vicissitudes ; and is moved and shaken by every wind of fortune . This is to be , in the strictest sense , a slave ...
... enjoyment , his only resource is in things without . His hopes and fears all hang upon the world . He partakes in all its vicissitudes ; and is moved and shaken by every wind of fortune . This is to be , in the strictest sense , a slave ...
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... enjoyment from the casualties of the world ? Is he free , who must flatter and lie , to compass his ends ; who must bear with this man's caprice , and that man's scorn ; must profess friend- ship where he hates , and respect where he ...
... enjoyment from the casualties of the world ? Is he free , who must flatter and lie , to compass his ends ; who must bear with this man's caprice , and that man's scorn ; must profess friend- ship where he hates , and respect where he ...
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... enjoyment or possession which we can properly call our own . When we have begun to be placed in such circumstances as we desired , and wish our lives to proceed in the same agreeable tenor , how often comes some unexpected event across ...
... enjoyment or possession which we can properly call our own . When we have begun to be placed in such circumstances as we desired , and wish our lives to proceed in the same agreeable tenor , how often comes some unexpected event across ...
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