Ideas and Realities; Or, Thoughts on Various Subjects

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author, 1827 - 470 pages

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Page 313 - But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
Page 132 - These build as fast as knowledge can destroy ; In folly's cup still laughs the bubble joy ; One prospect lost, another still we gain, And not a vanity is given in vain : E'en mean self-love becomes, by force divine, The scale to measure others
Page 33 - DO not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you.
Page 86 - O come, let us worship, and fall down : and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is the Lord our God : and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Page 69 - They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of thy house; and thou shalt give them drink of thy pleasures, as out of the river. 9 For with thee is the well of life ; and in thy light shall we see light.
Page 69 - Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength ; so will we sing, and praise thy power.
Page 245 - Nor peace, nor ease, the heart can know, That, like the needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe, But turning, trembles too.
Page 285 - With a courage undaunted may I face my last day, And, when I am gone, may the better Sort say, ' In the Morning when Sober, in the Evening when mellow, He's gone, and has not left behind him his Fellow; For he governed his Passions, &c.
Page 285 - The Life of all Mortals in Kissing should pass, Lip to Lip while we're young — then the Lip to the Glass, fa, la, &c.
Page 192 - Go thou and seek the House of Prayer ! I to the woodlands bend my way And meet RELIGION there. She needs not haunt the high,arch'd dome to pray Where storied windows dim the doubtful day : With LIBERTY she loves to rove...

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