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Pàgina 14
... believe in a cause generally honourable will be found to have been less mischievous than the scepticism which creates nothing , and is content to sneer and to destroy . So long as the Saxon monastery continued , the prelacy of the abbey ...
... believe in a cause generally honourable will be found to have been less mischievous than the scepticism which creates nothing , and is content to sneer and to destroy . So long as the Saxon monastery continued , the prelacy of the abbey ...
Pàgina 27
... believe that he is but animated dust , returning , when the pulse ceases to beat , into the clay of which he is composed , and holding it therefore his best wisdom to enjoy such pleasure as he can snatch so long as the life is in him ...
... believe that he is but animated dust , returning , when the pulse ceases to beat , into the clay of which he is composed , and holding it therefore his best wisdom to enjoy such pleasure as he can snatch so long as the life is in him ...
Pàgina 35
... believe that they are improving and gaining strength , as common sense takes the place of enthusiasm . Their wealth comforts them , for it is an evidence of grow- ing prosperity ; and they boast of progress , though it is a progress ...
... believe that they are improving and gaining strength , as common sense takes the place of enthusiasm . Their wealth comforts them , for it is an evidence of grow- ing prosperity ; and they boast of progress , though it is a progress ...
Pàgina 41
... monks , who would scarce believe their ears , declared that they would rather die than yield . But the abbot bent to the storm , and made a virtue of necessity . It was his enemies ' day , and Annals of an English Abbey . 41.
... monks , who would scarce believe their ears , declared that they would rather die than yield . But the abbot bent to the storm , and made a virtue of necessity . It was his enemies ' day , and Annals of an English Abbey . 41.
Pàgina 83
... believe that my predecessor told a lie when he was dying . To lie at that time is to go straight to the author of sin and everlasting darkness . Do not slander his memory . If you have kept back the money , confess . You commit one sin ...
... believe that my predecessor told a lie when he was dying . To lie at that time is to go straight to the author of sin and everlasting darkness . Do not slander his memory . If you have kept back the money , confess . You commit one sin ...
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