The Works of William Paley: With a Life of the Author, Volume 5Thomas Tegg, 1825 |
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... importance of all these reflections , that is to say , they suffer nothing of the kind to enter into their thoughts . There are grown men and wo- men , nay , even middle aged persons , who have not thought seriously about religion an ...
... importance of all these reflections , that is to say , they suffer nothing of the kind to enter into their thoughts . There are grown men and wo- men , nay , even middle aged persons , who have not thought seriously about religion an ...
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... importance of things , not by what , or according to what they are in truth , but by and according to the space and room which they occupy in our minds . Now our business , our trade , our schemes , our pursuits , our gains , our losses ...
... importance of things , not by what , or according to what they are in truth , but by and according to the space and room which they occupy in our minds . Now our business , our trade , our schemes , our pursuits , our gains , our losses ...
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... cavil at particular phrases or expressions used in public wor- ship . All such faults , even if they be real , and such observations upon them , are absorbed by the immense importance of the business in which we are engaged . SERMONS . 29.
... cavil at particular phrases or expressions used in public wor- ship . All such faults , even if they be real , and such observations upon them , are absorbed by the immense importance of the business in which we are engaged . SERMONS . 29.
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With a Life of the Author William Paley. importance of the business in which we are engaged . Quickness in discovering blemishes of this sort is not the gift of a pious mind ; still less either levity or acrimony in speaking of them ...
With a Life of the Author William Paley. importance of the business in which we are engaged . Quickness in discovering blemishes of this sort is not the gift of a pious mind ; still less either levity or acrimony in speaking of them ...
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... importance all concerns beside , that , did they occupy a place in our minds proportioned to that importance , they would , in truth , exclude every other but themselves . I am not , there- fore , one of those who wonder when I see a ...
... importance all concerns beside , that , did they occupy a place in our minds proportioned to that importance , they would , in truth , exclude every other but themselves . I am not , there- fore , one of those who wonder when I see a ...
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