Discourses on Various SubjectsCharles Fox, 1835 - 299 páginas |
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... form , and his living charm of repre- sentation , which delight the world . We might say still more . We might say that all there is of vastness and grandeur and beauty in the world , lies in the conception of man : that the immensity ...
... form , and his living charm of repre- sentation , which delight the world . We might say still more . We might say that all there is of vastness and grandeur and beauty in the world , lies in the conception of man : that the immensity ...
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... forms that do not , at once , permit him to see its real character . His affections become wrong by excess ; passions be- wilder ; semblances delude ; interests ensnare ; exam- ple corrupts . And yet no tyrant over men's thoughts , no ...
... forms that do not , at once , permit him to see its real character . His affections become wrong by excess ; passions be- wilder ; semblances delude ; interests ensnare ; exam- ple corrupts . And yet no tyrant over men's thoughts , no ...
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... form it . You see the victor , but you forget the battle . And you forget it , for a reason that exalts and ennobles the fortitude and courage of the combatant . You forget it , because the conflict has been carried on , all silently ...
... form it . You see the victor , but you forget the battle . And you forget it , for a reason that exalts and ennobles the fortitude and courage of the combatant . You forget it , because the conflict has been carried on , all silently ...
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... forms of vice and vanity , absolutely destroys reason . There are other and more numerous cases in which it employs ... form , the extreme of folly . And it is that most pitiable folly , which is puffed up with arrogance and self ...
... forms of vice and vanity , absolutely destroys reason . There are other and more numerous cases in which it employs ... form , the extreme of folly . And it is that most pitiable folly , which is puffed up with arrogance and self ...
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... that no faculty may be left undebased - the divine conscience strives to spread around the loathsome forms of voluptuous- ness a haze of moral beauty - calling intoxication n en st ve re d . ot- ifi- tes 54 DISCOURSE III .
... that no faculty may be left undebased - the divine conscience strives to spread around the loathsome forms of voluptuous- ness a haze of moral beauty - calling intoxication n en st ve re d . ot- ifi- tes 54 DISCOURSE III .
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admiration affections amidst appeal art thou awaken awful beauty believe blessed breath brethren cern character children of men Christian cold conscience creature dark death DISCOURSE divine divine grace doubt duty dwell earth earthly eternity evil faith fear feeling forms friends future glorious glory God's gospel habit happiness heaven holy holy record honour hope human heart human nature immortal indifference indulgence infinite interests irreligion Jesus language light ligion live look meditation ment mercy mind misery moral moral universe ness never noble objects pass passions perhaps piety pity pleasure prayer principle racter rational reason religion religious sensibility repeat retribution scene selfish sense sensual sinful sinner sleep solemn sorrow soul speak spirit strong sublime suffer sure teaching thee things thou thou art mind thought timate tion toil true truth virtue voice whole wisdom words worldly wrong