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... possesses , we shall consider him simply in the character which he has assumed in appearing before the public . We cannot but earnestly wish that the present epidemical disease in literature , the custom of making very large books about ...
... possesses , we shall consider him simply in the character which he has assumed in appearing before the public . We cannot but earnestly wish that the present epidemical disease in literature , the custom of making very large books about ...
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... possessed of less sensibility than Dr. Beattie . Throughout the whole course of his life , Dr. Beattie was most exem- plary in the discharge of the relative duties of a son , a brother , a husband , a father , and a friend . Of his ...
... possessed of less sensibility than Dr. Beattie . Throughout the whole course of his life , Dr. Beattie was most exem- plary in the discharge of the relative duties of a son , a brother , a husband , a father , and a friend . Of his ...
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... possesses numerous advantages ; it can furnish instruction on some subjects , which though use- ful are not adapted to the pulpit , and ( in conformity to the figurative title ) it may present every member and feature , not only in its ...
... possesses numerous advantages ; it can furnish instruction on some subjects , which though use- ful are not adapted to the pulpit , and ( in conformity to the figurative title ) it may present every member and feature , not only in its ...
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... possess a temporary interest . While the population of London amounts to about 860,000 souls , that of Paris is supposed to fall under 600,000 . Yet the concourse of people , and carriages , in the more crowded streets , does not yield ...
... possess a temporary interest . While the population of London amounts to about 860,000 souls , that of Paris is supposed to fall under 600,000 . Yet the concourse of people , and carriages , in the more crowded streets , does not yield ...
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... possesses much knowledge of the Persian tongue , to whom he submitted his plan , " printed at first on one large sheet ; who gave as his opinion , 1st . " That it was almost unintelligible . 2dly . That he supposed some ignorant ...
... possesses much knowledge of the Persian tongue , to whom he submitted his plan , " printed at first on one large sheet ; who gave as his opinion , 1st . " That it was almost unintelligible . 2dly . That he supposed some ignorant ...
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Page 252 - But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Page 534 - Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee : because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength...
Page 421 - Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou vengeance of our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever.
Page 522 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 384 - How long didst thou think that his silence was slumber ? When the wind waved his garment, how oft didst thou start...
Page 534 - ... and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst...
Page 419 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 439 - And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ : for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Page 65 - But grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends, thither with heart, and voice, and eyes Directed in devotion, to adore And worship God Supreme, who made him chief Of all his works...
Page 384 - I CLIMB'D the dark brow of the mighty Hellvellyn, Lakes and mountains beneath me gleam'd misty and wide ; All was still, save by fits, when the eagle was yelling. And starting around me the echoes replied.