Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... greatest difference imaginable between those who labour with all their force to obtain instruction , and those who live without giving themselves any trouble , or so much as any thought in this affair . I cannot but be touched with a ...
... greatest difference imaginable between those who labour with all their force to obtain instruction , and those who live without giving themselves any trouble , or so much as any thought in this affair . I cannot but be touched with a ...
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... greatest number to be of this latter kind , false pretenders to infidelity , and mere hypocrites in atheism . There are persons whom we have heard de- clare that the genteel way of the world consists in thus acting the bravo . This is ...
... greatest number to be of this latter kind , false pretenders to infidelity , and mere hypocrites in atheism . There are persons whom we have heard de- clare that the genteel way of the world consists in thus acting the bravo . This is ...
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... greatest distance from each other . To carry piety to the extravagant heights of superstition , is indeed to destroy it . Heretical men are wont to reproach us with this superstitious submission of our faculties . And we should THOUGHTS ...
... greatest distance from each other . To carry piety to the extravagant heights of superstition , is indeed to destroy it . Heretical men are wont to reproach us with this superstitious submission of our faculties . And we should THOUGHTS ...
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... greatest surprise , so it seems to me deserving the highest regard and attention , on account of the many wonderful and singular curiosities discoverable in their frame . They are a people composed entirely of brethren : and whereas all ...
... greatest surprise , so it seems to me deserving the highest regard and attention , on account of the many wonderful and singular curiosities discoverable in their frame . They are a people composed entirely of brethren : and whereas all ...
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... greatest difference imaginable between a book composed by a private hand , and dispersed amongst a whole people , and a book of which the people themselves seem to be the joint authors , as well as the common subject . In this case the ...
... greatest difference imaginable between a book composed by a private hand , and dispersed amongst a whole people , and a book of which the people themselves seem to be the joint authors , as well as the common subject . In this case the ...
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