Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in PoetryVicesimus Knox J. Johnson, 1808 - 1 pagina's An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors. |
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Pagina 177
... believe the second article of our creed ; let us next consider the remaining articles - the history of Christ , as delivered in Scripture , and the benefits which he procured for us - the assistance of the Holy Spirit - the remission of ...
... believe the second article of our creed ; let us next consider the remaining articles - the history of Christ , as delivered in Scripture , and the benefits which he procured for us - the assistance of the Holy Spirit - the remission of ...
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... believe it ? We will not dispute these points now : but we will venture to aflirm , that there is not an individual of all our hearers , who hath not a right to say to himself , If I believe , I shall be saved ; I shall believe , if I ...
... believe it ? We will not dispute these points now : but we will venture to aflirm , that there is not an individual of all our hearers , who hath not a right to say to himself , If I believe , I shall be saved ; I shall believe , if I ...
Pagina 267
... believe , that nothing but ano- ther earthquake can fill the churches with people of quality . The fair sex in gene- ral are too thoughtless to concern them- selves in deep inquiries into matters of re- ligion . It is sufficient that ...
... believe , that nothing but ano- ther earthquake can fill the churches with people of quality . The fair sex in gene- ral are too thoughtless to concern them- selves in deep inquiries into matters of re- ligion . It is sufficient that ...
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Advantages of a good Education | 8 |
On the Immortality of the Soul | 14 |
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