Warning and Example to the Young: Or, The Story of Mrs. Neville and Her GrandchildrenMunroe & Francis, 1825 - 132 pages |
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... possessed them in a very limited degree . She would not have been able to read at all , but for her great estimation of the sacred book ; but her desire to become acquainted with this rich treasure of divine truth , enabled her to ...
... possessed them in a very limited degree . She would not have been able to read at all , but for her great estimation of the sacred book ; but her desire to become acquainted with this rich treasure of divine truth , enabled her to ...
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... possessing any thing of the civilization of a Christian state ; they seemed to be human only in form , for their minds were utterly brutalized and debased . The village green , spread out in all its verdure and loveliness , presented a ...
... possessing any thing of the civilization of a Christian state ; they seemed to be human only in form , for their minds were utterly brutalized and debased . The village green , spread out in all its verdure and loveliness , presented a ...
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... possessing innocence and peace , they would be blest with a sort of Arcadian felicity . Alas ! my dear sister , this is but the vision of a warm fancy - the dream of a romantic moment , which you and I have already proved falla- cious ...
... possessing innocence and peace , they would be blest with a sort of Arcadian felicity . Alas ! my dear sister , this is but the vision of a warm fancy - the dream of a romantic moment , which you and I have already proved falla- cious ...
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... Yet this uncultivated being certainly possessed mind , and taste - for was she not a votary of Nature ? What might she not have been , had education polished the gem . 6 " Who can tell what important results may arise from 54.
... Yet this uncultivated being certainly possessed mind , and taste - for was she not a votary of Nature ? What might she not have been , had education polished the gem . 6 " Who can tell what important results may arise from 54.
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... Possessing faculties capable of high things it is true , but blindly perverting them to their own destruction . The nature of man , when first it came from the forming hand of his Creator , was indeed noble and dignified , and bore upon ...
... Possessing faculties capable of high things it is true , but blindly perverting them to their own destruction . The nature of man , when first it came from the forming hand of his Creator , was indeed noble and dignified , and bore upon ...
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Page 16 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Page 122 - Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?
Page 122 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Page 113 - Father of light," then I cried, " Thy creature who fain would not wander from Thee ! Lo, humbled in dust, I relinquish my pride : From doubt and from darkness thou only canst free.
Page 116 - Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
Page 85 - One part, one little part, we dimly scan Through the dark medium of life's feverish dream ; Yet dare arraign the whole stupendous plan, If but that little part incongruous seem.
Page 116 - Open to me the gates of righteousness : I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord : This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter. I will praise thee : for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
Page 116 - Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.
Page 108 - Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh...
Page 120 - I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.