Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin ..., Volume 5L. Nichols, 1806 - Sermons, French |
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... virtue , may some- times be rendered useless by symptoms of passions , with which it is accompanied . We cannot , edu- cate them well without a prudent mixture of se- verity and gentleness . But on the one hand , what success can we ...
... virtue , may some- times be rendered useless by symptoms of passions , with which it is accompanied . We cannot , edu- cate them well without a prudent mixture of se- verity and gentleness . But on the one hand , what success can we ...
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... virtue and religion . How can an intimate union be formed with a person of impious principles , without familiarizing the virtuous by degrees with impiety , without losing by little and little that horror , which impiety would inspire ...
... virtue and religion . How can an intimate union be formed with a person of impious principles , without familiarizing the virtuous by degrees with impiety , without losing by little and little that horror , which impiety would inspire ...
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... virtues of such heroes as have been rendered famous by the encomiums given them ? You would be astonished to see that these men , who have been called the delights of mankind , have often deserved execration , and ought to be considered ...
... virtues of such heroes as have been rendered famous by the encomiums given them ? You would be astonished to see that these men , who have been called the delights of mankind , have often deserved execration , and ought to be considered ...
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... virtue , to set the whole church an example , to search into hospitals , and cottages , to relieve the miseries of the sick and the poor ; it is to determine himself in his stu- dies , not by what will acquire him reputation for ...
... virtue , to set the whole church an example , to search into hospitals , and cottages , to relieve the miseries of the sick and the poor ; it is to determine himself in his stu- dies , not by what will acquire him reputation for ...
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... virtue are considered as the wonders of the world . Some- times I hear the world exclaim , What benevolence ! What liberality ! What generosity ! I inquire for the evidences of these virtues , on which such lavish encomiums are bestowed ...
... virtue are considered as the wonders of the world . Some- times I hear the world exclaim , What benevolence ! What liberality ! What generosity ! I inquire for the evidences of these virtues , on which such lavish encomiums are bestowed ...
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