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Page 15 - And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity it, profiteth me nothing.
Page 16 - That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such as have erred, and are deceived; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Page 159 - Tis to share all Joy and Grief; 'Tis to lend all due Relief From the Tongue, the Heart, the Hand; 'Tis to mortgage House and Land; For a Friend be sold a Slave ; 'Tis to die upon a Grave, If a Friend therein do lie. Eph. This indeed, tho' carry'd high, This, tho' more than e'er was done Underneath the rolling Sun, This has all been said before.
Page 228 - Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide, — In part she is to blame that has been tried. He comes too near that comes to be denied.
Page 177 - On whofe ridge far off appears A wood (the growth of many years) Of aweful oak, or gloomy pine, Above th' horizon's level line Rifing black : fuch thofe of Old Where Britifh druids wont to hold Solemn aflemblies, and to keep Their rites, unfolding myft'ries deep, Such that fam'd Dodona's grove, Sacred to prophetic Jove. Oft...
Page 177 - Pleafed ftill with thee to meet In fome friendly rural feat ; Where I gladfome oft' furvey Nature in her beft array, Woods and lawns- and lakes between, Fields of corn and hedges green, Fallow grounds of tawny hue, Diftant hills, and mountains blue ; On whofe ridge far off appears A wood (the growth of many years) Of aweful oak, or gloomy pine, Above th...
Page 28 - I'm of opinion to think that no female woman ever is historical as has her meals reg'lar five times a day. Mind you, my Lady, that is, provided she always has meat every time and a little something good to drink with it, which I particular recommend to my own sect, for, to be sure, we're poor, weak, delicate creatures, and want more support than the he-fellows.
Page 75 - But I do not exactly see what that has to do with your lordship's debt to me.
Page 19 - And she covered her face with her hands, while her frame shook, as a remembrance of all she had suffered passed across her mind.