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... happy , is some- times the lot of animals ; to be good , is the privi- lege of man alone . But , Gustavus , in my turn , I must ask you some questions . According to our argument , if a man has a soul , must 16 A WORLD WITHOUT SOULS .
... happy , is some- times the lot of animals ; to be good , is the privi- lege of man alone . But , Gustavus , in my turn , I must ask you some questions . According to our argument , if a man has a soul , must 16 A WORLD WITHOUT SOULS .
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... happy , that when the conversation of his young compan- ion thus settled to its centre , he made no efforts to fly off from it . One kind of philosophy , we read proposed to govern the mind , as conquerors some- times govern the ...
... happy , that when the conversation of his young compan- ion thus settled to its centre , he made no efforts to fly off from it . One kind of philosophy , we read proposed to govern the mind , as conquerors some- times govern the ...
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... happy , it is because I have been far from good . But even I , -thank God , who has rescued me from some of the vices of the profligate and the world- ly - have felt how happy those must be whose own hand does not dash away the cup ...
... happy , it is because I have been far from good . But even I , -thank God , who has rescued me from some of the vices of the profligate and the world- ly - have felt how happy those must be whose own hand does not dash away the cup ...
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... happy , it could not force her to marry where she had reason to believe it would render her miserable . For a short time , the steady efforts of a husband to give her pleasure , the gaieties into which he plunged her- and the witcheries ...
... happy , it could not force her to marry where she had reason to believe it would render her miserable . For a short time , the steady efforts of a husband to give her pleasure , the gaieties into which he plunged her- and the witcheries ...
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John William Cunningham. ak she was about half as happy as she might have been in the society of a man she loved . Another month , and every eye saw the star of her happiness begin to set . She was a sickly plant - the airs of heaven ...
John William Cunningham. ak she was about half as happy as she might have been in the society of a man she loved . Another month , and every eye saw the star of her happiness begin to set . She was a sickly plant - the airs of heaven ...
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Page 19 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 98 - Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou vengeance of our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever.
Page 58 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Page 53 - Though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Page 72 - Fear not : for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Page 67 - Finally brethren, farewell : be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace ; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Page 102 - I know in Whom I have believed ; and I am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.
Page 130 - Infant. the sweet flower that scents the morn, But withers in the rising day ; Thus lovely was this infant's dawn, Thus swiftly fled its life away. 2 It died ere its expanding soul Had ever burnt with wrong desires, Had ever spurn'd at heaven's control, Or ever quench'd its sacred fires.
Page 47 - The secret things* belong unto the LORD our God: but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Page 114 - Father's temple ours,— • Woe to the hand by which it falls ; A thousand spirits watch its towers, A cloud of angels guard its walls.