Cyclopędia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History, Volume 1Robert Chambers Gould and Lincoln, 1854 - Authors, English |
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... things in your heart , that is to say , our Lord God , conscience , and good name . First ye shulen have God in your heart , and for no riches ye shulen do nothing which may in any manner displease God that is your creator and maker ...
... things in your heart , that is to say , our Lord God , conscience , and good name . First ye shulen have God in your heart , and for no riches ye shulen do nothing which may in any manner displease God that is your creator and maker ...
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... things that in themselves have nothing that is truly delighting : on the contrary , they have a good deal of bitterness in them ; and yet by our perverse appetites after forbidden objects , are not only ranked among the pleasures , but ...
... things that in themselves have nothing that is truly delighting : on the contrary , they have a good deal of bitterness in them ; and yet by our perverse appetites after forbidden objects , are not only ranked among the pleasures , but ...
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... things among them . * * Thus though the rabble of mankind looks upon these , and all other things of this kind which are in- deed innumerable , as pleasures ; the Utopians , on the contrary , observing that there is nothing in the ...
... things among them . * * Thus though the rabble of mankind looks upon these , and all other things of this kind which are in- deed innumerable , as pleasures ; the Utopians , on the contrary , observing that there is nothing in the ...
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... things that are necessary for our preservation are likewise made pleasant to us . For how miserable a thing would life be , if those daily diseases of hunger and thirst were to be carried off by such bitter drugs , as we must use for ...
... things that are necessary for our preservation are likewise made pleasant to us . For how miserable a thing would life be , if those daily diseases of hunger and thirst were to be carried off by such bitter drugs , as we must use for ...
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... thing that might dishonest any noblewoman , or dis- tain her honour in any condition . Frivolous things that were little to be regarded , she would let pass by , but the other that were of weight and substance , wherein she might profit ...
... thing that might dishonest any noblewoman , or dis- tain her honour in any condition . Frivolous things that were little to be regarded , she would let pass by , but the other that were of weight and substance , wherein she might profit ...
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