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" God's indentions, a daring phantasm, a mere toy of terror; awing weak senses, to the lamentable superstition of ruining themselves : the remedy whereof God in his law vouchsafes us ; which, not to dare use, he warranting, is not our perfection... "
Held in Bondage: Or, Granville de Vigne. A Tale of the Day - Page 193
by Ouida - 1864
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The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: In Two Books : Also the Judgement of ...

John Milton - 1820 - 480 pages
...our infirmity, our little faith, our timorous and low conceit of charity : and in them who force us, it is their masking pride and vanity, to seem holier and more circumspect than God. So far is it that we need impute to him infirmity, who thus divorces: since the rule of perfection...
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The Prose Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1835 - 1044 pages
...our infirmity, our little faith, our timorous and low conceit of charity : and in them who force us, , So far is it that we need impute to him infirmity, who thus divorces : since the rule of perfection...
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The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 3

John Milton - 1848 - 540 pages
...our infirmity, our little faith, our timorous and low conceit of charity : and in them who force us, it is their masking pride and vanity, to seem holier and more circumspect than God. So far is it that we need impute to him infirmity, who thus divorces : since the rule of perfection...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 122

1861 - 520 pages
...not to be avoided ; in temptations not to be lived in ; only for the false keeping of a most unreal nullity, a marriage that hath no affinity with God's...more circumspect than God.' What do you say now ? Can yon deny the justice, the wisdom, the wide charity and reason of his arguments? It is true he was unhappy...
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'Held in bondage'; or, Granville de Vigne, by Ouida, Volume 1

Marie Louise De la Ramée - 1863 - 350 pages
...the false keeping of a most unreal nullity, a marriage that hath no affinity with God's indentions, a daring phantasm, a mere toy of terror; awing weak...conviction. Milton was made of that stern stuff that would have you cut off your right hand if it offended you. In Rome he would have been a Virginius, a Cincinnatus...
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Gleanings of Past Years, 1843-78, Volume 6

William Ewart Gladstone - 1879 - 266 pages
...our infirmity, our little faith, our timorous and low conceit of charity ; and in them who force us, it is their masking pride and vanity, to seem holier and more circumspect than God."* 69. We come now to the commencement of the primlegia, or private Acts, which have been passed to release...
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