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... virtues . These , passed , if I may so speak , through a Christian mint , might by their sterling weight , have served to displace some baser metal from the circulation . But my world , I fear , has few qualities which it would be ...
... virtues . These , passed , if I may so speak , through a Christian mint , might by their sterling weight , have served to displace some baser metal from the circulation . But my world , I fear , has few qualities which it would be ...
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... virtue , but he sometimes pursued it by questionable courses . In the opinion of the world his sentiments also upon religion would , I fear , be esteemed peculiar ; -his charities might by some be called extravagance , and his piety ...
... virtue , but he sometimes pursued it by questionable courses . In the opinion of the world his sentiments also upon religion would , I fear , be esteemed peculiar ; -his charities might by some be called extravagance , and his piety ...
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... virtue . " " The resemblance evidently ; but there are surely other lines of distinction ? " " If they are lines ,. they are mathematical lines , without any properties but those which mathemati- cians assign them . Some powers of ...
... virtue . " " The resemblance evidently ; but there are surely other lines of distinction ? " " If they are lines ,. they are mathematical lines , without any properties but those which mathemati- cians assign them . Some powers of ...
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... virtues ; and in such a case as that of Gustavus , if he ad- mire him the less for it , will yet perhaps love him the more . He will perhaps speak of him as 66 " a brother , noble , Whose nature is so far from doing harm , That he ...
... virtues ; and in such a case as that of Gustavus , if he ad- mire him the less for it , will yet perhaps love him the more . He will perhaps speak of him as 66 " a brother , noble , Whose nature is so far from doing harm , That he ...
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... virtues of a people on a circle of latitude , and who measure their genius by a thermometer , would find this difference a difficult problem . I wish , however , this difference of character were all .. But the stream which divides ...
... virtues of a people on a circle of latitude , and who measure their genius by a thermometer , would find this difference a difficult problem . I wish , however , this difference of character were all .. But the stream which divides ...
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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.