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... Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober inquiry we have estab lished our principles , let us not suffer them to be shaken by the scoffs of the licentious ...
... Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . When , upon rational and sober inquiry we have estab lished our principles , let us not suffer them to be shaken by the scoffs of the licentious ...
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... fathers ; and serve him with a perfect heart , and with a willing mind . If thou seek him , he will be found of thee ... Father Every man has his work allotted , his talent committed to him ; by the due improvement of which , he may , in ...
... fathers ; and serve him with a perfect heart , and with a willing mind . If thou seek him , he will be found of thee ... Father Every man has his work allotted , his talent committed to him ; by the due improvement of which , he may , in ...
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... father and father - in - law , and , above all , of her husband , she submitted to their will , and was prevailed on to relinquish her own judgment . But her elevation was of very short continuance . The nation declared for queen Mary ...
... father and father - in - law , and , above all , of her husband , she submitted to their will , and was prevailed on to relinquish her own judgment . But her elevation was of very short continuance . The nation declared for queen Mary ...
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... father appeared on a sudden standing before him . " Ortogrul , " said the old man . " I know thy perplexity ; listen to thy father ; turn thine eye on the oppo site mountain . " " " 8 Ortogrul looked , and saw a torrent tumbling down ...
... father appeared on a sudden standing before him . " Ortogrul , " said the old man . " I know thy perplexity ; listen to thy father ; turn thine eye on the oppo site mountain . " " " 8 Ortogrul looked , and saw a torrent tumbling down ...
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... Father of mercies . 3 If gratitude , when exerted towards one another , mat- urally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grate- ful man , it exalts the soul into rapture , when it is employed on this great object of ...
... Father of mercies . 3 If gratitude , when exerted towards one another , mat- urally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grate- ful man , it exalts the soul into rapture , when it is employed on this great object of ...
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Page 91 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befal me there, save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.