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... caufe of monotony , by leading the reader to a fimilar tone at every ftop , and a uniform cadence at every period . The primary use of points , is to affift the reader in difcerning the grammatical conftruction ; and it is only as a ...
... caufe of monotony , by leading the reader to a fimilar tone at every ftop , and a uniform cadence at every period . The primary use of points , is to affift the reader in difcerning the grammatical conftruction ; and it is only as a ...
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... caufe of this fudden emotion ; the prophet plainly informed him of the crimes and barbarities , which he forefaw that he would afterwards commit . The foul of Hazael abhorred , at this time , the thoughts of cruelty . Uncorrupted , as ...
... caufe of this fudden emotion ; the prophet plainly informed him of the crimes and barbarities , which he forefaw that he would afterwards commit . The foul of Hazael abhorred , at this time , the thoughts of cruelty . Uncorrupted , as ...
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... caufe of contention has dwindled away , its confequences remain . We have alienated a friend ; we have imbittered an enemy ; we have fown the feeds of future fufpicion , malevolence , or difguft . Let us fufpend our violence for a ...
... caufe of contention has dwindled away , its confequences remain . We have alienated a friend ; we have imbittered an enemy ; we have fown the feeds of future fufpicion , malevolence , or difguft . Let us fufpend our violence for a ...
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... caufe of our prefent impatience Y and disturbance will be utterly forgotten . Can we not then anticipate this hour of calmnefs to ourselves ; and begin to enjoy the peace which it will certainly bring ? If others have behaved improperly ...
... caufe of our prefent impatience Y and disturbance will be utterly forgotten . Can we not then anticipate this hour of calmnefs to ourselves ; and begin to enjoy the peace which it will certainly bring ? If others have behaved improperly ...
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... caufe ; and that caufe muft either be external , inter- nal , or mixed ; in as much as , except these three , there is no other poffible . Now a fteady durable good , cannot be derived from an external caufe ; fince all derived from ex ...
... caufe ; and that caufe muft either be external , inter- nal , or mixed ; in as much as , except these three , there is no other poffible . Now a fteady durable good , cannot be derived from an external caufe ; fince all derived from ex ...
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Popular passages
Page 244 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 53 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 199 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n.
Page 76 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Page 162 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Page 201 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 224 - Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Page 250 - The great directing mind of all ordains. All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul ; That chang'd through all, and yet in all the same ; Great in the Earth, as in th...
Page 251 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Page 221 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.