Uncle Barnaby: Or, Recollections of His Character and Opinions1799 - 356 pages |
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... interests of others , are inseparable from true magnanimity . A noble - minded man cannot but be benevolent and social too . Without this , great mental energy will only lead to selfish ambition . " FRANK . I think you are quite right ...
... interests of others , are inseparable from true magnanimity . A noble - minded man cannot but be benevolent and social too . Without this , great mental energy will only lead to selfish ambition . " FRANK . I think you are quite right ...
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... interest and instruct us , and my uncle seemed to encourage us to remain . They spoke of books , and men , and things ; recollec- tions of by - gone days , and acquaintances of youth , widely scattered by the vicissitudes of time , or ...
... interest and instruct us , and my uncle seemed to encourage us to remain . They spoke of books , and men , and things ; recollec- tions of by - gone days , and acquaintances of youth , widely scattered by the vicissitudes of time , or ...
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... interest to improve . On speaking to my uncle , afterwards , he explained to me , how , in the British constitution , the nobles of the land were the connecting link between the Sovereign and the Commons , adding , that he hoped I ...
... interest to improve . On speaking to my uncle , afterwards , he explained to me , how , in the British constitution , the nobles of the land were the connecting link between the Sovereign and the Commons , adding , that he hoped I ...
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... God in my body , and spirit , and possessions , which all are his . " I cannot afford to squander away the means conducive to my soul's eternal interests ; for ' what shall it profit a man , if he shall gain 30 I CANNOT AFFORD IT . " 66.
... God in my body , and spirit , and possessions , which all are his . " I cannot afford to squander away the means conducive to my soul's eternal interests ; for ' what shall it profit a man , if he shall gain 30 I CANNOT AFFORD IT . " 66.
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... interests . It was not unkindness ; not one of us ever felt the weight of her hand in chastise- ment , nor so much as received a harsh word from her lips , nor did she ever refuse to grant us any inno- cent gratification that we desired ...
... interests . It was not unkindness ; not one of us ever felt the weight of her hand in chastise- ment , nor so much as received a harsh word from her lips , nor did she ever refuse to grant us any inno- cent gratification that we desired ...
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Popular passages
Page 74 - For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life...
Page 222 - Through mere good fortune, took a different course. The flock grew calm again, and I, the road Following, that led me to my own abode, Much...
Page 82 - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Page 89 - And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said ; Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Page 260 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life : in thy light shall we see light.
Page 133 - Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 133 - Trust in the Lord, and do good ; So shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Page 216 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 80 - Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And though but few can serve, yet all may please; O let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence.
Page 78 - But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.