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... never attempted to justify M .; I have called his plans " questionable ; " and this project has proved that I have not so called them without reason . As to Gustavus - though some what staggered by the conclusion at which they had ...
... never attempted to justify M .; I have called his plans " questionable ; " and this project has proved that I have not so called them without reason . As to Gustavus - though some what staggered by the conclusion at which they had ...
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... never been deceived . - And it is an unusually bad mind to which suspicion is natural - or which looks for snares before it has fallen into them . For my own part , I place little confidence in the man on whom no stratagem ever ...
... never been deceived . - And it is an unusually bad mind to which suspicion is natural - or which looks for snares before it has fallen into them . For my own part , I place little confidence in the man on whom no stratagem ever ...
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... never flowed through any regions , but the brains of a poet . In like manner atheists , perhaps more than any other men call God to witness what they say . Or if this explanation does not satisfy you , let the men of O. themselves do it ...
... never flowed through any regions , but the brains of a poet . In like manner atheists , perhaps more than any other men call God to witness what they say . Or if this explanation does not satisfy you , let the men of O. themselves do it ...
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... never to tell you the history of Mad- am de N. " replied M. in his somewhat abrupt manner , " till it could be useful to you . This speech of yours convinces me you ought to hear it . " Gustavus rejoiced at this casual completion of a ...
... never to tell you the history of Mad- am de N. " replied M. in his somewhat abrupt manner , " till it could be useful to you . This speech of yours convinces me you ought to hear it . " Gustavus rejoiced at this casual completion of a ...
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... never for- got to be a wife , because he was not a Christian . " But I have to explain the influence of her conduct upon her husband . " She had hoped that there was some modifi- cation of an ambitious mind , by which it might aspire to ...
... never for- got to be a wife , because he was not a Christian . " But I have to explain the influence of her conduct upon her husband . " She had hoped that there was some modifi- cation of an ambitious mind , by which it might aspire to ...
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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.