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... Respect unto me and mine : The Lord hath given , and the Lord hath taken ; blessed be the Name of the Lord ! Nevertheless , retiring hereupon into the Chamber where his Daughter then lay Sick , some Tears were observed falling from him ...
... Respect unto me and mine : The Lord hath given , and the Lord hath taken ; blessed be the Name of the Lord ! Nevertheless , retiring hereupon into the Chamber where his Daughter then lay Sick , some Tears were observed falling from him ...
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... Respect whereunto he once used these Words , God will curse that Man's Labours , that lumbers up and down in the World all the Week , and then upon Saturday in the Afternoon goes to his Study ; whereas God knows , that Time were little ...
... Respect whereunto he once used these Words , God will curse that Man's Labours , that lumbers up and down in the World all the Week , and then upon Saturday in the Afternoon goes to his Study ; whereas God knows , that Time were little ...
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... respects they are enemies to God . 1. Their enmity appears in their judgments ; in the judgment and esteem they have of God ... respect they may pretend and make a show of towards God , if their practice be examined , it will show , that ...
... respects they are enemies to God . 1. Their enmity appears in their judgments ; in the judgment and esteem they have of God ... respect they may pretend and make a show of towards God , if their practice be examined , it will show , that ...
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... respect , not worthy to be much taken notice of . The language of their heart is , " Who is the Lord , that I should obey his voice ? " Exod . v . 2. " What is the Almighty , that we should serve him ? and what profit should we have if ...
... respect , not worthy to be much taken notice of . The language of their heart is , " Who is the Lord , that I should obey his voice ? " Exod . v . 2. " What is the Almighty , that we should serve him ? and what profit should we have if ...
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... respects : 66 1. Christ's peace is a reasonable peace and rest of soul ; it is what has its foundation in light and knowledge , in the proper exer- cises of reason , and a right view of things ; whereas the peace of the world is founded ...
... respects : 66 1. Christ's peace is a reasonable peace and rest of soul ; it is what has its foundation in light and knowledge , in the proper exer- cises of reason , and a right view of things ; whereas the peace of the world is founded ...
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American Prose: Selections, with Critical Introductions by Various Writers George Rice Carpenter Affichage du livre entier - 1918 |
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Page 263 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.
Page 113 - Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, bearing for its motto no such miserable interrogatory as "What is all this worth?
Page 38 - Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,
Page 80 - Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected ; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise ; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 263 - On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it.
Page 40 - What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children. "You may think perhaps, that a little Tea, or a little Punch now and then, Diet a little more costly, Clothes a little finer, and a little Entertainment now and then, can be no great Matter; but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a Little makes a Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expenses; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again.
Page 40 - If you would be wealthy, think of saving, as well as of getting. The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her outgoes are greater than her incomes.
Page 192 - The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.
Page 106 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Page 36 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.