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... thou poor ? -Show thyself active and industrious , peaceable and contented . Art thou wealthy ? -Show thy self beneficent and charitable , condescending and humane . Though religion removes not all the evils of life ; though it promises ...
... thou poor ? -Show thyself active and industrious , peaceable and contented . Art thou wealthy ? -Show thy self beneficent and charitable , condescending and humane . Though religion removes not all the evils of life ; though it promises ...
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... thou been to me : thy love for me was wonderful ; passing the love of women . ' Sir Philip Sidney , at the battle near Zutphen , was wound- ed by a musket ball , which broke the bone of his thigh . He was carried about a mile and a half ...
... thou been to me : thy love for me was wonderful ; passing the love of women . ' Sir Philip Sidney , at the battle near Zutphen , was wound- ed by a musket ball , which broke the bone of his thigh . He was carried about a mile and a half ...
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... thou may- - est be truly wise . Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open rebuke is better than secret love . Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool , than of ...
... thou may- - est be truly wise . Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open rebuke is better than secret love . Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool , than of ...
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... thou seek him , he will be found of thee ; but if thou forsake him , he will cast thee off for ever . TH SECTION IX . HAT every day has its pains and sorrows is universally experienced , and almost universally confessed . But let us not ...
... thou seek him , he will be found of thee ; but if thou forsake him , he will cast thee off for ever . TH SECTION IX . HAT every day has its pains and sorrows is universally experienced , and almost universally confessed . But let us not ...
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... thou a mind , Damocles , " says the king , " to taste this happiness ; and to know , by experience , what the enjoyments are , of which thou hast so high an idea ? " Damo cles , with joy , accepted the offer . The king ordered that a ...
... thou a mind , Damocles , " says the king , " to taste this happiness ; and to know , by experience , what the enjoyments are , of which thou hast so high an idea ? " Damo cles , with joy , accepted the offer . The king ordered that a ...
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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.