Charles Lever: Or, The Man of the Nineteenth CenturyJ. Burns, 1841 - 248 páginas The following tale is designed to set forth ... the dangers to which our ill-cemented social system exposes the most numerous and important class in society; dangers to which they become victim not so much from natural causes, as from defective education, want of access to sound religious instruction, popular fallacies and prejudices, never more abundant than at present; all which are fostered by a corrupt and venal press, by the harangues of the infidel lecturer and the false liberal, and the numerous other destructive tendencies which are rife in the nineteenth century. |
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... passing over such subjects , by moral writers , is one principal cause of the false feeling which has grown up amongst young persons , especially young men , with regard to them . The prevail- ing incontinence , which it is to be feared ...
... passing over such subjects , by moral writers , is one principal cause of the false feeling which has grown up amongst young persons , especially young men , with regard to them . The prevail- ing incontinence , which it is to be feared ...
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... passed his life in camps and courts with honour and integrity , and had now retired from the world to devote his remaining days to a closer communion with that God whom , amidst the temptations of the world , he had been never known to ...
... passed his life in camps and courts with honour and integrity , and had now retired from the world to devote his remaining days to a closer communion with that God whom , amidst the temptations of the world , he had been never known to ...
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... passed over , and any minor position which he had left un- guarded was assailed with advantage , and gave the appearance of a triumph to his opponents , as well as subjected him to a new volley of vituperation . Another mode of annoying ...
... passed over , and any minor position which he had left un- guarded was assailed with advantage , and gave the appearance of a triumph to his opponents , as well as subjected him to a new volley of vituperation . Another mode of annoying ...
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... passed away . The triumph of one party , and the disappointment of the other , were soon forgotten ; and Laxington relapsed into its usual tranquillity . We must now return to our honest friend the far- mer . The house in which farmer ...
... passed away . The triumph of one party , and the disappointment of the other , were soon forgotten ; and Laxington relapsed into its usual tranquillity . We must now return to our honest friend the far- mer . The house in which farmer ...
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... passed . On one side , in a bend of the stream , at the distance of about half a mile , the eye rested on a water - mill , the wheel of which went busily round , whitening the pool with foam . About half a mile further on was the old ...
... passed . On one side , in a bend of the stream , at the distance of about half a mile , the eye rested on a water - mill , the wheel of which went busily round , whitening the pool with foam . About half a mile further on was the old ...
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Página 14 - Now, I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you ; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment.
Página 14 - Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul ; and I of Apollos ; and I of Cephas ; and I of Christ.
Página 108 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
Página 34 - Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men. Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Página 14 - And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power : 5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Página 14 - AND I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal ; even as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3 For ye are yet carnal : for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
Página 190 - will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax...
Página 108 - All things in common, nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour : treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth, Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Página 148 - God is faithful, who will not suffer" us " to be tempted above that" we " are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that " we
Página 22 - Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.