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... principles of morality ; destroys the accumulation of industry ; and violates every prin- ciple of Christianity ; it is sent a scourge on the earth , as a judgment for iniquity . London , though now the seat of peaceful industry , once ...
... principles of morality ; destroys the accumulation of industry ; and violates every prin- ciple of Christianity ; it is sent a scourge on the earth , as a judgment for iniquity . London , though now the seat of peaceful industry , once ...
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... principle , provided they gained their only aim - power and wealth . Ah ! what are all the joys of earth , that no sooner blossom than they vanish away ? What the enjoyment of splendour , that cloys with possession when obtained at the ...
... principle , provided they gained their only aim - power and wealth . Ah ! what are all the joys of earth , that no sooner blossom than they vanish away ? What the enjoyment of splendour , that cloys with possession when obtained at the ...
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... principles of the gospel , who thinks for himself without the fear of the world's ridicule , and acts , disregarding alike her frowns or favours ! He boldly raises his head in action , as if none on earth were greater than himself , yet ...
... principles of the gospel , who thinks for himself without the fear of the world's ridicule , and acts , disregarding alike her frowns or favours ! He boldly raises his head in action , as if none on earth were greater than himself , yet ...
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... principle of thinking and declaring freely in- dividual opinion . When church and state are combined , and the nomination of the clergy de- pendent on the will of the monarch , and they ac- knowledged as princes of the land , and their ...
... principle of thinking and declaring freely in- dividual opinion . When church and state are combined , and the nomination of the clergy de- pendent on the will of the monarch , and they ac- knowledged as princes of the land , and their ...
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... principle , with undeviating perseverance , and un- abated patience . The acquirement of the arts , and the knowledge of the sciences , are only orna- mental and beneficial to us for this life ; but the knowledge of the scriptures , and ...
... principle , with undeviating perseverance , and un- abated patience . The acquirement of the arts , and the knowledge of the sciences , are only orna- mental and beneficial to us for this life ; but the knowledge of the scriptures , and ...
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Page 243 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 179 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of Ev'n or Morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 92 - And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Page 93 - Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 88 - And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him ; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
Page 42 - The sons also- of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee ; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet ; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Page 174 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...
Page 109 - From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression. But I lose Myself in Him, in light ineffable ! Come, then, expressive Silence, muse His praise.
Page 133 - Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see : the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Page 56 - But wandering oft, with brute unconscious gaze, Man marks not Thee, marks not the mighty Hand That, ever busy, wheels the silent spheres ; Works in the secret deep ; shoots, steaming, thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the Spring...