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Page 20
... turn aside from the world , and commune with himself in retirement , will , sometimes at least , hear the truths which the multitude do not tell him . A more sound instructer will lift his voice and awaken with- in the heart those ...
... turn aside from the world , and commune with himself in retirement , will , sometimes at least , hear the truths which the multitude do not tell him . A more sound instructer will lift his voice and awaken with- in the heart those ...
Page 39
... turn thine eye on the oppo site mountain . " " " 8 Ortogrul looked , and saw a torrent tumbling down the rocks , roaring with the noise of thunder , and scattering its foam on the impending woods . " Now , " said his father , " behold ...
... turn thine eye on the oppo site mountain . " " " 8 Ortogrul looked , and saw a torrent tumbling down the rocks , roaring with the noise of thunder , and scattering its foam on the impending woods . " Now , " said his father , " behold ...
Page 41
... turn aside , by a numerous crowd of Appetites , Passions , and Pleasures , whose importunity , when once complied with , they became less and less able to resist : and though they of ten returned to the path , the asperities of the road ...
... turn aside , by a numerous crowd of Appetites , Passions , and Pleasures , whose importunity , when once complied with , they became less and less able to resist : and though they of ten returned to the path , the asperities of the road ...
Page 42
... turn their feet out of the path , but contented herself with retarding their pro- gress ; and the purpose she could not force them to aban- don , she persuaded them to delay , Her touch had a pow- er like that of the torpedo , which ...
... turn their feet out of the path , but contented herself with retarding their pro- gress ; and the purpose she could not force them to aban- don , she persuaded them to delay , Her touch had a pow- er like that of the torpedo , which ...
Page 45
... turn our eyes upon the gardens of pleasure . We approach them with scruple and hesitation ; we enter them , but enter timorous anu trembling ; and always hope to pass through them withou losing the road of virtue , which , for a while ...
... turn our eyes upon the gardens of pleasure . We approach them with scruple and hesitation ; we enter them , but enter timorous anu trembling ; and always hope to pass through them withou losing the road of virtue , which , for a while ...
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The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Verse, From the Best Writers ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2017 |
The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2016 |
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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.