The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations |
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Page 66
... believe that it cures all former transgressions , and hold that a man should set about it as soon as his means are double the expense of the journey . Such , at least , is the injunction of the Koran ; and only necessary impediments ...
... believe that it cures all former transgressions , and hold that a man should set about it as soon as his means are double the expense of the journey . Such , at least , is the injunction of the Koran ; and only necessary impediments ...
Page 72
... believe in them more strongly than in the gospel . " When the saint was once saying his prayers in the oratory of St John , on Monte Casino , he saw the Devil in the shape of a horse - doctor , but with a horn in one hand and a tether ...
... believe in them more strongly than in the gospel . " When the saint was once saying his prayers in the oratory of St John , on Monte Casino , he saw the Devil in the shape of a horse - doctor , but with a horn in one hand and a tether ...
Page 74
... believe that he was persuaded of the truth of his legends . Yet the dullest piety could not peruse them without an obscure though indelible sensation of the affinity between allegorical imagery , and these supposed approaches of the ...
... believe that he was persuaded of the truth of his legends . Yet the dullest piety could not peruse them without an obscure though indelible sensation of the affinity between allegorical imagery , and these supposed approaches of the ...
Page 94
... believe I have offended Hea- ven , and must suffer eternal fire : Will not that be suffi- cient ? But how can it be believed that Heaven is angry at my having children , when , to the little done by me towards it , God has been pleased ...
... believe I have offended Hea- ven , and must suffer eternal fire : Will not that be suffi- cient ? But how can it be believed that Heaven is angry at my having children , when , to the little done by me towards it , God has been pleased ...
Page 100
... believe thy father in this , and print it on thy thought , that what virtue soever thou hast , be it never so manifold , if thou be poor withal , thou and thy qualities shall be despised ; besides , poverty is oft times sent as a curse ...
... believe thy father in this , and print it on thy thought , that what virtue soever thou hast , be it never so manifold , if thou be poor withal , thou and thy qualities shall be despised ; besides , poverty is oft times sent as a curse ...
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