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Page 22
... look . Unless we could see farther , and discern what joy , or what bitterness , his heart feels , we can pronounce little concerning him . The book is well written ; and I have perused it with plea- sure and profit . It shows , first ...
... look . Unless we could see farther , and discern what joy , or what bitterness , his heart feels , we can pronounce little concerning him . The book is well written ; and I have perused it with plea- sure and profit . It shows , first ...
Page 23
... look for in this vain and uncertain world ? How little can the greatest prosperity add to such a state ? Will any future situation ever make us happy , if now , with so few causes of grief , we imagine ourselves miserable ? The evil ...
... look for in this vain and uncertain world ? How little can the greatest prosperity add to such a state ? Will any future situation ever make us happy , if now , with so few causes of grief , we imagine ourselves miserable ? The evil ...
Page 27
... look with a more im- partial eye on the world , they would see themselves sur- founded with sufferers ; and find that they are only drink- ing out of that mixed cup , which Providence has prepared for all . " I will restore thy daughter ...
... look with a more im- partial eye on the world , they would see themselves sur- founded with sufferers ; and find that they are only drink- ing out of that mixed cup , which Providence has prepared for all . " I will restore thy daughter ...
Page 28
... look impar- tially about us , we shall find , that every day han likewise ite pleasures and its joys . We should cherish sentiments of charity towards all men . The Author of all good , nourishes much piety and virtue in nearts that are ...
... look impar- tially about us , we shall find , that every day han likewise ite pleasures and its joys . We should cherish sentiments of charity towards all men . The Author of all good , nourishes much piety and virtue in nearts that are ...
Page 30
... look up to them , with eager eyes , for that bread which they can hardly procure ; multitudes groaning under sickness in desolate cottages , untended and unmourn- ed ; many , apparently in a better situation of life , pining away in ...
... look up to them , with eager eyes , for that bread which they can hardly procure ; multitudes groaning under sickness in desolate cottages , untended and unmourn- ed ; many , apparently in a better situation of life , pining away in ...
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The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Verse, From the Best Writers ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2017 |
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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.