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... wound with gentle murmurs through the place . The charms of this lovely scene were greatly heightened by the delicious . music of birds , the hum of bees , and the echoes of many youthful and happy voices . The two young men gazed upon ...
... wound with gentle murmurs through the place . The charms of this lovely scene were greatly heightened by the delicious . music of birds , the hum of bees , and the echoes of many youthful and happy voices . The two young men gazed upon ...
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... wound the feelings of others ; if he loves to see another suffer ; if he wishes , in any way , to injure another in his mind , body , or estate , then he has a bad heart ; and God looks on that bad heart as we look upon a malignant and ...
... wound the feelings of others ; if he loves to see another suffer ; if he wishes , in any way , to injure another in his mind , body , or estate , then he has a bad heart ; and God looks on that bad heart as we look upon a malignant and ...
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... wound the heart of another - to tear his character to pieces ? Have you any better right to injure the feelings or reputation of another , than to wound his CHARITY . 35.
... wound the heart of another - to tear his character to pieces ? Have you any better right to injure the feelings or reputation of another , than to wound his CHARITY . 35.
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Peter Parley (pseud.) feelings or reputation of another , than to wound his person ? Is it not as bad to destroy his good name , as to break his bones ? In the sight of God , one is as bad as the other ; they both show a want of that ...
Peter Parley (pseud.) feelings or reputation of another , than to wound his person ? Is it not as bad to destroy his good name , as to break his bones ? In the sight of God , one is as bad as the other ; they both show a want of that ...
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... wounds the feel- ings of the subject of the caricature , and does him as gross injustice as if you robbed him of his money ; and because it stirs up enmity and strife in society . The true art of the painter is to seize upon the ...
... wounds the feel- ings of the subject of the caricature , and does him as gross injustice as if you robbed him of his money ; and because it stirs up enmity and strife in society . The true art of the painter is to seize upon the ...
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Page 138 - Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 137 - And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
Page 138 - Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 20 - It is a tree of life to those that lay hold on it ; and the supporters thereof are happy. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace.
Page 137 - So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
Page 137 - And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes ? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
Page 58 - LET dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so ; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 'tis their nature to.
Page 137 - And one went in and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
Page 148 - I am afraid, and if you were half as much afraid as I am, you would turn your horse's head and ride back to the camp." As they had not advanced far, the other, indignant, returned to Wellington to tell the story, and to ask for a worthier companion. " Clap spurs to your horse," was Wellington's reply, " or the business will be done by your cowardly companion before you get there.
Page 102 - In the presence of others sing not to yourself with a humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet.