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... merit it . The chief , or rather the sole , ground of distinction , being personal qualities , he who per- formed the most useful services , was sure to be the most admired and respected . * It may not be amiss here to observe , that ...
... merit it . The chief , or rather the sole , ground of distinction , being personal qualities , he who per- formed the most useful services , was sure to be the most admired and respected . * It may not be amiss here to observe , that ...
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... merits . Such indeed is the delicate si- tuation of all ministers , that every candid mind is disposed to put the most favourable construction upon acts , which otherwise might often seem to demand the severest reprehension . A great ...
... merits . Such indeed is the delicate si- tuation of all ministers , that every candid mind is disposed to put the most favourable construction upon acts , which otherwise might often seem to demand the severest reprehension . A great ...
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... merit of saving In the time of Brennus , their pa- their country . triotism was also conspicuous , in giving all their gold for the ransom of the city ; and after the fatal battle of Cannæ , when Rome had no other treasures left but the ...
... merit of saving In the time of Brennus , their pa- their country . triotism was also conspicuous , in giving all their gold for the ransom of the city ; and after the fatal battle of Cannæ , when Rome had no other treasures left but the ...
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... merit such an appellation , must have prompted Julius Cæsar to meditate that licentious law , which was to have granted to him the exclusive liberty of possess- ing a seraglio of wivest . In short , it might be reason- ably supposed ...
... merit such an appellation , must have prompted Julius Cæsar to meditate that licentious law , which was to have granted to him the exclusive liberty of possess- ing a seraglio of wivest . In short , it might be reason- ably supposed ...
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... merits of Aristotle and * M . Thomas , in his admirable Essai sur le Caractere , les Mœurs , et l'Esprit des Femmes dans les differents Siecles , p . 86 , to which I am indebted for many of the conclusions drawn from the facts related ...
... merits of Aristotle and * M . Thomas , in his admirable Essai sur le Caractere , les Mœurs , et l'Esprit des Femmes dans les differents Siecles , p . 86 , to which I am indebted for many of the conclusions drawn from the facts related ...
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Page 45 - And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes : and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
Page 10 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 26 - Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Page 152 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, "Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled;" notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 141 - Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Page 153 - But many of them are poor, and cannot afford to do it.
Page 158 - MY God, I am Thine, what a comfort divine, What a blessing to know that my Jesus is mine ! In the heavenly Lamb thrice happy I am, And my heart it doth dance at the sound of His name.
Page 31 - For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Page 32 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
Page 36 - And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.