Landscapes, churches, and moralities, by the author of 'Recreations of a country parson'.Longmans Green, 1874 - 320 pages |
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... fact are in no way like to the impressions we receive from them . If it be so , it may well be hoped that the fortunate delusion will abide for evermore . And we , who believe that nature is what she seems , have at least as much reason ...
... fact are in no way like to the impressions we receive from them . If it be so , it may well be hoped that the fortunate delusion will abide for evermore . And we , who believe that nature is what she seems , have at least as much reason ...
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... distinction between Right and Wrong contributes much to the enjoyment of what is called an easy life . Notwithstanding which fact , that robust indifference is an infinitely despicable thing . Far be it , Of the Expression of Nature . II.
... distinction between Right and Wrong contributes much to the enjoyment of what is called an easy life . Notwithstanding which fact , that robust indifference is an infinitely despicable thing . Far be it , Of the Expression of Nature . II.
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... facts are facts . In a town of seven thousand inhabitants I have seen ( on a bright May morning ) three individuals besides the officiating clergy and choristers in a town of twenty thousand , ten in a town of sixty thousand , eighteen ...
... facts are facts . In a town of seven thousand inhabitants I have seen ( on a bright May morning ) three individuals besides the officiating clergy and choristers in a town of twenty thousand , ten in a town of sixty thousand , eighteen ...
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... fact is , that since the Refor- mation , daily service is a failure , unless in some exceptional place like All Saints in London . It is most hard to see for whose advantage the cathedral services are kept up . Chance strangers are ...
... fact is , that since the Refor- mation , daily service is a failure , unless in some exceptional place like All Saints in London . It is most hard to see for whose advantage the cathedral services are kept up . Chance strangers are ...
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... fact , I have no doubt I was a conceited and opinionated fool . I have no doubt the reader was a fool too : if he were not a mere piece of soft clay , receptive of whatever was impressed on him . There was a piece of poetry , or at ...
... fact , I have no doubt I was a conceited and opinionated fool . I have no doubt the reader was a fool too : if he were not a mere piece of soft clay , receptive of whatever was impressed on him . There was a piece of poetry , or at ...
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