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... days of his life . Death was so sent to him as to allow him time to rise up on his knees and to crie , ' Lord have mercy upon me . ' " Fuller's Worthies , vol . ii . p . 17 . INTRODUCTION . " From each carved nook , and fretted.
... days of his life . Death was so sent to him as to allow him time to rise up on his knees and to crie , ' Lord have mercy upon me . ' " Fuller's Worthies , vol . ii . p . 17 . INTRODUCTION . " From each carved nook , and fretted.
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... death , and the sanctuaries were laid among the vaults and the tombs when in darkness and in silence Christians knelt on the cold stones , and a short hurried bell from the altar alone warned them of the moment when the blessed pledges ...
... death , and the sanctuaries were laid among the vaults and the tombs when in darkness and in silence Christians knelt on the cold stones , and a short hurried bell from the altar alone warned them of the moment when the blessed pledges ...
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... death , and hell , and darkness Are driving me to madness . " It would be difficult to describe the revulsion of feeling which Mr. Lacy experienced on reading the expression of a despair that contrasted so strikingly with the joy and ...
... death , and hell , and darkness Are driving me to madness . " It would be difficult to describe the revulsion of feeling which Mr. Lacy experienced on reading the expression of a despair that contrasted so strikingly with the joy and ...
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... death , and hell , and darkness , are driving man to madness , to whom should he turn , but to Him .. who took from the grave its victory , from death its sting , and from hell its prey ? to Him who died and rose again the third day ...
... death , and hell , and darkness , are driving man to madness , to whom should he turn , but to Him .. who took from the grave its victory , from death its sting , and from hell its prey ? to Him who died and rose again the third day ...
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... death , which since yesterday has seemed to draw very near to me ; and to one who has suffered as I have suffer- ed , death , if it could be robbed of its terror , ought not to be very dreadful . I have often said , ' Would that I could ...
... death , which since yesterday has seemed to draw very near to me ; and to one who has suffered as I have suffer- ed , death , if it could be robbed of its terror , ought not to be very dreadful . I have often said , ' Would that I could ...
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Page 89 - And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Page 87 - O ! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!
Page 189 - He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small. Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all.
Page 276 - If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong to thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Page 54 - is wife (Not to mention the 'ousemaid an' cook), To come in an' 'ands up an' be still, An' honestly work for my bread, My livin' in that state of life To which it shall please God to call Me!
Page 10 - PEACE be to this house, and to all that dwell in it. IT When he cometh into the sick man's presence, he shall say, kneeling down, REMEMBER not, LORD, our iniquities, nor the iniquities of our forefathers ; Spare us, good LORD, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood ; and be not angry with us for ever.
Page 27 - I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal, For it must seem their guilt. [Exit. Knocking within. MACB. Whence is that knocking? How is't with me, when every noise appals me? What hands are here? ha! they pluck out mine eyes! Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red.
Page 245 - If any man can show just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
Page 118 - And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.