The Life and Thoughts of John Foster

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E. H. Fletcher, 1849 - 314 Seiten
 

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Peculiar Illumination of the Atheist questioned
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Certain Philosophers impatient of the Ideas of a Divine Providence and his Revelation to the World
65
CHAPTER II
67
Christianity Everything or Nothing
68
Branches of the Christian Argument
69
Argument from Miracles
70
Christianity beset with no more Difficulties than other Subjects
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Hopeless Attempt of the Deist to solve the great Problem of the Hu man Condition
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Seeking for secondary Causes to escape the Recognition of the Sover eign Agency of Divine Providence
73
Writings of Infidelity
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False Systems often apologized for for the Purpose of disparaging all Religion
75
Paganism distinguished from Divine Revelations
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Multiplicity of Pagan Wickedness
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The blighting Influence of Infidelity
78
Glory of Religion obscured by imperfect Manifestations
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Christianity distinguished from its Corruptions
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The Gospel adapted to all Orders of Mind
81
Christianity the same amid the various and changing Evils of the World
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Consummation of allowed Skepticism
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CHAPTER III
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Comprehensiveness of the Divine Law
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The Law unalterable
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Complaisancy of holy Beings in the Law
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Dominion of the Law sought to be restricted
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Good Principles efficacious only as abetted by the Sanctions of a
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The Law to be applied in judging the Character and Actions of Men
92
The Facilities of Conscience for applying the Divine Law
93
Conscience made unfaithful to the Law
94
CHAPTER IV
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Civil Law and Philosophy can not avail fully to repress Depravity
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Depravity impressed upon the chief Works of Man
100
Wickedness amid Scenes of Beauty
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Aggregate View of the History of the World appalling
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Stupidity of ignorant Wickedness at the Approach of Death
103
Retrospect of the Heathen World
104
State of the Pagan World
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Depravity a Barrier to the beneficent Operation of Government
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Depravity evinced in a universal Tendency to Social Deterioration
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Depravity evinced by formidable Opposition to the Progress of Re ligion and relentless Persecution of the Witnesses to the Truth in successive Ages
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CHAPTER V
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Salvation by the Law impossible
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Comfortable Reliance upon the Atonement
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Mystery of the Origin of Evil
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Ignorance and Bigotry in Christian Profession
114
The Character and Offices of Christ better distinguished by the Lan guage of Scripture than of Creeds
115
Salvation by Faith in Jesus Christ
116
Uniform Use of peculiar Phrases in the Pulpit not desirable
117
Rank and Sphere of Angels
118
Melancholy Musings in the Direction of Fatalism
119
Vain Confidence in Human Agency
120
Inadequate View of the Social Application of Christianity
121
Tendency to Reform
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The Elevation of the Race possible through wise Institutions and Statesmen
123
Jurisdiction of Civil Law may be restrained by Conscience
124
Church Independence distinguished from National Establishments
125
Adequate Reformation of a National Church Establishment impossi ble
126
Certainty of the Prevalence of the simpler and true Order of Chris tianity
127
Inefficiency of National Church Establishments
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Indictment against the National Establishmentimpossibility of its Reform
130
Cavils at the tardy Success of Missions in India
132
In National Establishments Subserviency often preferred to Talents and Piety
133
Romanism has symbolized with Heathenism
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Formalism resorted to to ease Conscience
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Interested Apologists for Romanism
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CHAPTER VI
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Indolence operating to repress Sense of Obligations
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Doctrine of Decrees available to the highest Christian Zeal and Activity
139
Inefficient Conception of Spiritual Relations
140
Strange Apathy of the Masses of Mankind to Religious Truth
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Diversified Appeals to religious Emotion ineffectual
142
Catholic Charity evinced
143
Vast Results from apparently insignificant Causes
145
Christian Warfare
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A Life not devoted to God profitless
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The Philosophy of Prayer
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Avoidance of Temptation
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Watch and pray
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Isolated Natures repressed by uncongenial Associations
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Attractiveness of simple and unaffected Piety
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Desire of Association
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God dwells in his People
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CHAPTER VII
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Great Men
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Indifference of the Masses to the Distinctions of Genius
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The myriad Influences combining to form Character
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Comparatively trifling Incidents of Early Life derive vast Importance from prospective Bearing upon Character and Destiny
161
Complex Action and Diversified Experience of the Mind
167
Religion the noblest Pursuit
173
Power of bad Habit
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Knowledge like the Sun PAGE
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Prevailing Perversion of Conscience
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CHAPTER VIII
186
Successive Periods of Life soon passed
187
The Retrospect on Youth
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True Value of Youth
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Philosophy of the Happinesss of domestic and all human Alliances
190
Growing Strength of mutual Affections
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Disturbances of mutual Confidence not necessary to confirm it
192
Delicate Concealment of Ignorance or Error of a Companion
193
Early Education greatly defective
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Proper Companionship of Children important
195
Rules for early Religious Education
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Precursors of approaching Death unwelcome
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Mystery of the Change of Death
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Future World veiled
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Irrepressible Longing to know the Future
210
Offence of elegant Writers confounding the Christians with the Pa gans Triumph over Death
211
Vague Notions of Heaven
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Death the sovereign Remedy for all Infirmities
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Future Greatness of Man
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Sorrows of this compensated by the Joys of the Future Life
215
Death the Exchange of the Earthly for the Heavenly Treasure
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Regrets of converted Old Age
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Without God in the World
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Presumption of Delay for Divine Influences
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Approving the Good but pursuing the Wrong
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Without God
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Danger of Procrastination
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Presumption of expecting more efficacious Means of Salvation
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CHAPTER X
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Illustrious Names
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Deficiency of his Writings in religious Sentiment
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Idea of his Life
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Burke as compared with Johnson
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Faults of Style
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Curran
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FoxSlavery PAGE
233
Grattan
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his Style
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Horne Tooke
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elevated Moral Tone of his Writings
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his distinguished and blameless Character
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Pope Religious Character of his Writings
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Formidable Extent of Literature almost discourages Pursuit
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Effect of reading a transcendent Dramatic work
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Conversational Disquisition on Novels
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Great Deficiency of conclusive Writing and Speaking 37 A Class of Writings as void of Merit as of literary Faults
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The greatest Excellence of Writing
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The Class of Books that should be read
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Philosophy of the demoralizing Influence of Literature
246
Antagonism to Christianity in professedly Christian Literature
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Naturalness of Characters no Excuse for their Depravity
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The good Men of elegant Writers less than Christians
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Unfaithfulness of elegant Authors to the Christian Standard
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Pagan Distinctions in Morals confounded with the Christian
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True Connexion of Religion and Literature overlooked by Authors
252
CHAPTER XI
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Cruelty of the English
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Importance of having a System of exercising the Affections PAGE
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Triumph over Evils in Word rather than Deed 17 Despair in Suffering
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Elements of Interest in Conversation
258
Accurate Judgment of the Characters of Friends
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Inappreciation of Works of Genius
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Inappreciation of any Exhibitions of Mind
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Connexion of Imagination and Judgment
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Reluctance to Mental Exertion
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No Susceptibility to Mental Excitation
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Perverted Genius
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Figure of perverted Use of Memory
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CHAPTER XII
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Invisible Creation around Us
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Change of Spring grateful as surprisingits Analogy
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Sublimity of a Mountain
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Sublimity of the Sea
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Sublimity of the Sun
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Sublimity of the Heavens
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The farthest Excursion of the Imagination does not reach the Limit of the Universe
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Vast Disparity between the Grandeur of Nature and the Sentiments with which it is contemplated
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Grand Conceit of the Sun and a Comet as conscious Beings encoun tering each other in the Circuit of the Heavens
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Looking at dark and moving Clouds
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Development of Truth from reflective Observation
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Difference between Seeing and Observing
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Vivifying Influences of Imagination
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Unusual Appreciation of the Beauties of Nature
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Effect on ones Ideas from Musing so much Sub Dio
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A Man of Ideality diffuses his Life through all Things around him
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CHAPTER XIII
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Analogy
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Analogy
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Figure
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Power of Association
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Exhibition of overstrained Politeness
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Inequalities of the Race
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Dormant Elements of Evil in Society
291
Imagined Disclosure of the Machinations and Motives of Rulers and Courts
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its Horrorsslight Grounds
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Scope and Dignity of Metaphysical Inquiries
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All Subjects resolvable into First Principles
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Practical Truths not recondite
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Influence of Music
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Peter in Prison
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Powers of Language
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Omnis in hoc
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Defence of the Utilitarian Theory
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Supposition of Angelic Companionship
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Intellectual Pursuits aided by the Affections
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Fragment of a Letter never scnt to a Friend
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Amusing Idea of Playing a Concert of People
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An active Mind like an Æolian Harp arrests even the Winds c
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Deterioration of Political Institutionstheir Tendency to Corruption
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The lost Teachings of our LordSpeculations
310
Value of Observation of trifling EventsIncident while in Ireland
311
Excitation of Mind essential to the Enjoyment of some Persons
312
Imperfection of the Jewish Dispensationwhy so inadequate?
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Seite 56 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up...
Seite 12 - And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Seite 64 - ... he does not know may be God. If he is not himself the chief agent in the universe, and does not know what is so, that which is so may be God. If he is not in absolute possession of all the propositions that constitute universal truth, the one which he wants may be, that there is a God. If he cannot with certainty assign the cause of all that he perceives to exist, that cause may be a God. If he does not know...
Seite 64 - What ages and what lights are requisite for this attainment ! This intelligence involves the very attributes of Divinity, while a God is denied. For unless this man is omnipresent, unless he is at this moment in every place in the universe, he cannot know but there may be in some place manifestations of a Deity by which even he would be overpowered.
Seite 52 - From planet whirled to planet, more remote, He visits realms beyond the reach of thought; But wheeling homeward, when his course is run, Curbs the red yoke, and mingles with the sun...
Seite 161 - We are like a man returning, after the absence of many years, to visit the embowered cottage where he passed the morning of his life, and finding only a relic of its ruins.
Seite 52 - When Jordan hush'd his waves, and midnight still Watch'd on the holy towers of Zion hill ! Soul of the just ! companion of the dead ! Where is thy...
Seite 74 - I remember to have read, who followed the direction of their compass, infallibly right as they could have no doubt, till they arrived at an enemy's port, where they were seized and made slaves. It happened that the wicked captain, in order to betray the ship, had concealed a large loadstone at a little distance on one side of the needle.
Seite 233 - ... it had an equability of manner which scarcely appeared to exceed the tone of a calm constancy, it was so totally the reverse of any thing like turbulence or agitation. It was the calmness of an intensity...
Seite 233 - The energy of his determination was so great, that if, instead of being habitual, it had been shown only for a short time on particular occasions, it would have appeared a vehement impetuosity ; but by being unintermitted, it had an equability of manner which scarcely appeared to exceed the tone of a calm constancy, it was so totally the reverse of anything like turbulence or agitation.

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