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... ; Where ruffians curse the coming sun , Where idlers sleep whole suns away . E'en here thy burning view would see Unblushing vice and passion rude , And seldom bent the suppliant knee , And still the 24 A WORLD WITHOUT SOULS .
... ; Where ruffians curse the coming sun , Where idlers sleep whole suns away . E'en here thy burning view would see Unblushing vice and passion rude , And seldom bent the suppliant knee , And still the 24 A WORLD WITHOUT SOULS .
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... vice versa , a madman thinks or acts reasonably upon an unreasonable idea . * An idiot , for instance , suppo- ses himself , as he is , a man ; but acts like any oth- er animal . A madman , on the contrary , supposes himself , which he ...
... vice versa , a madman thinks or acts reasonably upon an unreasonable idea . * An idiot , for instance , suppo- ses himself , as he is , a man ; but acts like any oth- er animal . A madman , on the contrary , supposes himself , which he ...
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... vice it is spirit ; in religion it is madness . ' 99 CHAP . VI . THEY quitted their hotel at the appointed hour . G. walked the streets with eyes dazzled by the flitting of the birds of dissipation , that were now in flocks upon the ...
... vice it is spirit ; in religion it is madness . ' 99 CHAP . VI . THEY quitted their hotel at the appointed hour . G. walked the streets with eyes dazzled by the flitting of the birds of dissipation , that were now in flocks upon the ...
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... vice to make virtue difficult ; and our cruelties have so degraded these poor creatures , that they would probably lift the hands we freed , against themselves and us . Instant emancipation would resemble the barbarous mercy of dragging ...
... vice to make virtue difficult ; and our cruelties have so degraded these poor creatures , that they would probably lift the hands we freed , against themselves and us . Instant emancipation would resemble the barbarous mercy of dragging ...
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... vice , but then he was also without romance . He had heard from her before their marriage the candid history of her own feelings , and had told her that a part of her heart was better than the whole of another's ; and ' that a never ...
... vice , but then he was also without romance . He had heard from her before their marriage the candid history of her own feelings , and had told her that a part of her heart was better than the whole of another's ; and ' that a never ...
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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.