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... expected that they , who , in early life , have been dark and deceitful , should afterwards become fair and ingenuous . They who have laboured to make us wise and good , are the persons whom we ought to love and re- spect , and to whom ...
... expected that they , who , in early life , have been dark and deceitful , should afterwards become fair and ingenuous . They who have laboured to make us wise and good , are the persons whom we ought to love and re- spect , and to whom ...
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... expected , that he would defend an authority , which had been so long exer- cised without controversy ? These enemies of Christianity were confounded , whilst they were expecting to find an opportunity to betray its author . His sea ...
... expected , that he would defend an authority , which had been so long exer- cised without controversy ? These enemies of Christianity were confounded , whilst they were expecting to find an opportunity to betray its author . His sea ...
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... expected it would be . I must , however , be so candid as to own that I have been mistaken . There was something so amiable , and yet so piercing in his look , that it affected me at once with love and terror . " I gain'd a son ; And ...
... expected it would be . I must , however , be so candid as to own that I have been mistaken . There was something so amiable , and yet so piercing in his look , that it affected me at once with love and terror . " I gain'd a son ; And ...
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... expected . Those savage people seemed to have no other ele- ment than war . Or - no element but that of war . Such men as act treacherously ought to be avoided . Or - The men who act treacherously , & c . Germany ran the same risk that ...
... expected . Those savage people seemed to have no other ele- ment than war . Or - no element but that of war . Such men as act treacherously ought to be avoided . Or - The men who act treacherously , & c . Germany ran the same risk that ...
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... expected it to be . Or - expected it would be . Temperance , more than medicines , is the proper means of curing many diseases . They understand the practical part better than he does ; but he is much better acquainted with the theory ...
... expected it to be . Or - expected it would be . Temperance , more than medicines , is the proper means of curing many diseases . They understand the practical part better than he does ; but he is much better acquainted with the theory ...
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Page 18 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Page 110 - replies a pamper 'd goose : And just as short of reason he must fall, Who thinks all made for one, not one for all...
Page 111 - The first sure symptom of a mind in health Is rest of heart, and pleasure felt at home.
Page 112 - Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace; His country next, and next all human race...
Page 111 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Page 122 - But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. 57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.
Page 113 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart That tastes those gifts with joy. Through ev'ry period of my life, Thy goodness I'll pursue ; ' And, after death, in distant worlds, The glorious theme renew.
Page 79 - I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Page 112 - Without satiety, though e'er so bless'd, And but more relish'd as the more distress'd : The broadest mirth unfeeling folly wears, Less pleasing far than virtue's very tears : Good from each object, from each place...
Page 136 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.