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... perhaps a little groupe Of aged men , and orphan boys , and maids Bereft , list to the breathings of the holy man , Who spurns an oath of fealty to the power Of rulers chosen by a tyrant's nod . No more , as dies the rustling of the ...
... perhaps a little groupe Of aged men , and orphan boys , and maids Bereft , list to the breathings of the holy man , Who spurns an oath of fealty to the power Of rulers chosen by a tyrant's nod . No more , as dies the rustling of the ...
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... perhaps to low - breathed hymns Of solace in the chambers of the poor , -- The Sabbath worship of the friendless sick . Blest be the female votaries , whose days No Sabbath of their pious labours prove , Whose lives are consecrated to ...
... perhaps to low - breathed hymns Of solace in the chambers of the poor , -- The Sabbath worship of the friendless sick . Blest be the female votaries , whose days No Sabbath of their pious labours prove , Whose lives are consecrated to ...
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... Perhaps with greater pity than I felt To see thee wandering darkling on thy way , But let me quit this melancholy spot , And roam where nature gives a parting smile . As yet the blue - bells linger on the sod That copes the sheepfold ...
... Perhaps with greater pity than I felt To see thee wandering darkling on thy way , But let me quit this melancholy spot , And roam where nature gives a parting smile . As yet the blue - bells linger on the sod That copes the sheepfold ...
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... fluttering victim to his master's foot : Perhaps another , wounded , flying far , Eludes the eager following eye , and drops Among the lonely furze , to pine and die . OCTOBER . WITH hound and horn , o'er moor , 114 SEPTEMBER .
... fluttering victim to his master's foot : Perhaps another , wounded , flying far , Eludes the eager following eye , and drops Among the lonely furze , to pine and die . OCTOBER . WITH hound and horn , o'er moor , 114 SEPTEMBER .
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... perhaps appear to some below the dignity of this place , and the solemnity of a Christian assembly . But benevolence , even to the brute creation , is , in its degree , a duty , no less than to our own species ; and it is mentioned by ...
... perhaps appear to some below the dignity of this place , and the solemnity of a Christian assembly . But benevolence , even to the brute creation , is , in its degree , a duty , no less than to our own species ; and it is mentioned by ...
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Page 148 - Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer...
Page 206 - And when he heard that it •> was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
Page 39 - And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
Page 153 - And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
Page 7 - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them : and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Page 207 - And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow; and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still.
Page 22 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 151 - And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: 4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
Page 149 - And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up : and, as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Page 202 - And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.