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... lefs erred through ambition than through reverence to her parents , whom he had been taught to refpect and obey : that the willingly received death , as the only fatisfaction which the could now make to the injured state ; and though ...
... lefs erred through ambition than through reverence to her parents , whom he had been taught to refpect and obey : that the willingly received death , as the only fatisfaction which the could now make to the injured state ; and though ...
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... lefs and less able to refit and though they often returned to the path , the afperities of the road were more feverely felt ; the hill peared more fteep and rugged ; the fruits which were wholcfome and refreshing , feemed harfh and ill ...
... lefs and less able to refit and though they often returned to the path , the afperities of the road were more feverely felt ; the hill peared more fteep and rugged ; the fruits which were wholcfome and refreshing , feemed harfh and ill ...
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... lefs able to return than the followers of In- dolence . The captives of appetite and paffion could often feize the moment when their tyrants were languid or afleep , to escape from their enchantment ; but the do- minion of Indolence was ...
... lefs able to return than the followers of In- dolence . The captives of appetite and paffion could often feize the moment when their tyrants were languid or afleep , to escape from their enchantment ; but the do- minion of Indolence was ...
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... lefs indebted to them for many of its folid comforts . it has been frequently the tafk of the moralift and poet , to mark , in polifhed periods , the particular charms and conveniences of every change ; and , indeed , fuch difcriminate ...
... lefs indebted to them for many of its folid comforts . it has been frequently the tafk of the moralift and poet , to mark , in polifhed periods , the particular charms and conveniences of every change ; and , indeed , fuch difcriminate ...
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... lefs adapted to the circumstances of Chriftians under the Gospel ; they prefent religion to us in the most engaging drefs ; com- municating truths which philofophy could never investi- gate , in a ftyle which poetry can never equal ...
... lefs adapted to the circumstances of Chriftians under the Gospel ; they prefent religion to us in the most engaging drefs ; com- municating truths which philofophy could never investi- gate , in a ftyle which poetry can never equal ...
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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.