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... night cometh , when no man can work . To sensual persons , hardly any thing is what it appears to be and what flatters most , is always farthest from reality . There are voices which sing around them , but whose strains allure to ruin ...
... night cometh , when no man can work . To sensual persons , hardly any thing is what it appears to be and what flatters most , is always farthest from reality . There are voices which sing around them , but whose strains allure to ruin ...
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... night to silence and meditation . SECTION VII . AIKEN The journey of a day ; a picture of human life . BIDAH , the son of Abensina , left the caravansera ear- the plains of Indostan . He was fresh and vigorous with rest ; he was ...
... night to silence and meditation . SECTION VII . AIKEN The journey of a day ; a picture of human life . BIDAH , the son of Abensina , left the caravansera ear- the plains of Indostan . He was fresh and vigorous with rest ; he was ...
Page 64
... night insensibly fell upon me . WAS yesterday , about sun - set , walking in the open fields , Tat first amused my- self with all the richness and variety of colours , which ap- peared in the western parts of heaven . In proportion as ...
... night insensibly fell upon me . WAS yesterday , about sun - set , walking in the open fields , Tat first amused my- self with all the richness and variety of colours , which ap- peared in the western parts of heaven . In proportion as ...
Page 78
... night , should continue to the very end of all things . Accordingly , in obedience to that promise , the rotation is constantly presenting us with some useful and agreeable alteration ; and all the pleasing novelty of life , arises from ...
... night , should continue to the very end of all things . Accordingly , in obedience to that promise , the rotation is constantly presenting us with some useful and agreeable alteration ; and all the pleasing novelty of life , arises from ...
Page 82
... night , hanging over the place 3 The sea , all of a sudden , began to roar ; mount Etna , to send forth great spires of flame ; and soon after a shock ensued , with a noise as if all the artillery in the world had been at once ...
... night , hanging over the place 3 The sea , all of a sudden , began to roar ; mount Etna , to send forth great spires of flame ; and soon after a shock ensued , with a noise as if all the artillery in the world had been at once ...
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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.