Figures of Elocution exemplified; or, Directions for reading and reciting such figures of speech as most frequently occur in the best writings, etcAuthor, 1820 - 76 pages |
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... we had not forsaken the ways of virtue . These are regulations of that most adorable , - that most beneficent Being , -who bowed the heavens , -came down to dwell on earth , -and united the frailty of thy mortal nature to all the 10.
... we had not forsaken the ways of virtue . These are regulations of that most adorable , - that most beneficent Being , -who bowed the heavens , -came down to dwell on earth , -and united the frailty of thy mortal nature to all the 10.
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Charles Richson. united the frailty of thy mortal nature to all the glories of his Godhead . All the honour of this admirable establish- ment belongs to thy Ransom , -thy Surety , -thy Saviour - To him it belongs , who sustained the ...
Charles Richson. united the frailty of thy mortal nature to all the glories of his Godhead . All the honour of this admirable establish- ment belongs to thy Ransom , -thy Surety , -thy Saviour - To him it belongs , who sustained the ...
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... mortal hour ? In life can love be bought with gold ? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold ? No - all that's worth a wish - a thought , Fair virtue gives unbribed , unbought . DR . JOHNSON . JOSEPH . When there was no farther occasion ...
... mortal hour ? In life can love be bought with gold ? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold ? No - all that's worth a wish - a thought , Fair virtue gives unbribed , unbought . DR . JOHNSON . JOSEPH . When there was no farther occasion ...
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... mortal man be more just than God ? shall a man be more pure than his Maker ? Be- hold , he puts no trust in his servants ; and his angels he charged with folly : How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay , whose foundation is ...
... mortal man be more just than God ? shall a man be more pure than his Maker ? Be- hold , he puts no trust in his servants ; and his angels he charged with folly : How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay , whose foundation is ...
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... mortal things , -and wond'ring tell Of Babel - and the works of Memphian kings , - Learn how their greatest monuments of fame , - And strength , -and art , —are easily undone By spirits reprobate , -and in an hour , - What in an age ...
... mortal things , -and wond'ring tell Of Babel - and the works of Memphian kings , - Learn how their greatest monuments of fame , - And strength , -and art , —are easily undone By spirits reprobate , -and in an hour , - What in an age ...
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