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... he was right , and his revilers all wrong . Thus it pleases God , generally , to carry on the designs of His Provi- dential government , -not to wake up some great thought in a thousand bosoms at once , but to 4 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS .
... he was right , and his revilers all wrong . Thus it pleases God , generally , to carry on the designs of His Provi- dential government , -not to wake up some great thought in a thousand bosoms at once , but to 4 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS .
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John Hampden Gurney. thought in a thousand bosoms at once , but to make one capacious mind the depository of some pregnant truth , one resolute man the champion of some holy cause ; and then he bears on other minds , and gathers about ...
John Hampden Gurney. thought in a thousand bosoms at once , but to make one capacious mind the depository of some pregnant truth , one resolute man the champion of some holy cause ; and then he bears on other minds , and gathers about ...
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... thousand infantry , and four thousand five hundred cavalry , was conveyed across the Hellespont in a hundred and sixty triremes . Another fleet had sailed in the op- posite direction two centuries before ; and Alex- ander pleased ...
... thousand infantry , and four thousand five hundred cavalry , was conveyed across the Hellespont in a hundred and sixty triremes . Another fleet had sailed in the op- posite direction two centuries before ; and Alex- ander pleased ...
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... thousand attendants who minister to the luxury of an Eastern court , all following in his train to share his anticipated triumph . The two armies met at Issus , again on the banks of a little stream which was easily forded by the ...
... thousand attendants who minister to the luxury of an Eastern court , all following in his train to share his anticipated triumph . The two armies met at Issus , again on the banks of a little stream which was easily forded by the ...
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... . " Not yet , however , was all Asia at his feet ; the seven months ' siege of Tyre , which followed close on these events , showed that the boast was somewhat premature ; while two thousand of its citizens hung ALEXANDER THE GREAT . 11.
... . " Not yet , however , was all Asia at his feet ; the seven months ' siege of Tyre , which followed close on these events , showed that the boast was somewhat premature ; while two thousand of its citizens hung ALEXANDER THE GREAT . 11.
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Page 166 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping.
Page 224 - My father was a yeoman and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of three or four pound by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for a hundred sheep, and my mother milked thirty kine.
Page 387 - Whoso bringeth an offering of the goods of the poor Doeth as one that killeth the son before his father's eyes. The bread of the needy is their life : He that defraudeth him thereof is a man of blood. He that taketh away his neighbour's living slayeth him; And he that defraudeth the labourer of his hire is a bloodshedder.
Page 315 - For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Page 243 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 126 - Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Page 111 - Il regarde une créature humaine comme un fait ou comme une chose, mais non comme un semblable. Il ne hait pas plus qu'il n'aime; il n'ya que lui pour lui; tout le reste des créatures sont des chiffres. La force de sa volonté consiste dans l'imperturbable calcul de son égoïsme...
Page 325 - Let him that stole steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Page 167 - I have not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk, and tread the paths of private life, with a heartfelt satisfaction.
Page 363 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.