The True History of Joshua Davidson, Christian and CommunistChatto and Windus, 1874 - 279 páginas |
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... Still the leaders of popular thought , while despis- ing the old , deny the new , and deliver it up to be scourged of ignorance , superstition , and terrified Conservatism ; still the man of expediency , xvi PREFACE .
... Still the leaders of popular thought , while despis- ing the old , deny the new , and deliver it up to be scourged of ignorance , superstition , and terrified Conservatism ; still the man of expediency , xvi PREFACE .
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... not tried to make an amusing story . My little book is more a record of what JOSHUA said and thought than of what happened to him through others : that is , there is next to no dramatic interest in it . Neither do I care.
... not tried to make an amusing story . My little book is more a record of what JOSHUA said and thought than of what happened to him through others : that is , there is next to no dramatic interest in it . Neither do I care.
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... conduct entitled him . They thought him troublesome , and some said he was self - conceited ; which he never was ; but the more he was in earnest the more he offended B 2 JOSHUA DAVIDSON . 3 ing? It was a fancy; a harmless one...
... conduct entitled him . They thought him troublesome , and some said he was self - conceited ; which he never was ; but the more he was in earnest the more he offended B 2 JOSHUA DAVIDSON . 3 ing? It was a fancy; a harmless one...
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... thought well of everybody , and let everybody do pretty much as they liked . " If we say , sir , that Jesus Christ was God , " said Joshua , " surely all that He said and did must be the real right ? There cannot be a better way than ...
... thought well of everybody , and let everybody do pretty much as they liked . " If we say , sir , that Jesus Christ was God , " said Joshua , " surely all that He said and did must be the real right ? There cannot be a better way than ...
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... thoughts into your head ? " " No one , sir . I have been thinking for myself . Michael , out by Lion's Den , is called an infidel ; he calls himself one ; and you preached last Sunday that no infidel can be saved ; but Michael helped ...
... thoughts into your head ? " " No one , sir . I have been thinking for myself . Michael , out by Lion's Den , is called an infidel ; he calls himself one ; and you preached last Sunday that no infidel can be saved ; but Michael helped ...
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