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Yet , in secreting this booty , the saint incurred an excommunication , and
perhaps broke his oath . [ Compare Wilken , vol . v . p . 308.-M. ] Fleury , Hist .
Ecclés . tom . xvi . p . 139–1to . 102 of an unknown tongue . The perishable
substance of ...
Yet , in secreting this booty , the saint incurred an excommunication , and
perhaps broke his oath . [ Compare Wilken , vol . v . p . 308.-M. ] Fleury , Hist .
Ecclés . tom . xvi . p . 139–1to . 102 of an unknown tongue . The perishable
substance of ...
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Perhaps his heart was not devoid of the social virtues ; perhaps he was not
incapable of loving his friends and pardoning his enemies ; but the rules of
morality are founded on the public interest ; and it may be sufficient to applaud
the wisdom ...
Perhaps his heart was not devoid of the social virtues ; perhaps he was not
incapable of loving his friends and pardoning his enemies ; but the rules of
morality are founded on the public interest ; and it may be sufficient to applaud
the wisdom ...
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495-504 ) , who , proves , perhaps too severely , that the most salutary effects
have flowed from the meanest and most selfish causes . 3 Mr. Hume ( Hist . of
England , vol . i . p . 389 ) too hastily concludes that , if the civil and ecclesiastical
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495-504 ) , who , proves , perhaps too severely , that the most salutary effects
have flowed from the meanest and most selfish causes . 3 Mr. Hume ( Hist . of
England , vol . i . p . 389 ) too hastily concludes that , if the civil and ecclesiastical
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CHAPTER LVIII | 13 |
Raymond of Toulouse 38 | 77 |
CHAPTER LIX | 88 |
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