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... the extracts are not of sufficient excellence to excite vivid admiration , most of them are of the kind that meet us Like a pleasant thought , When such are wanted . COM They are generaily simple and unpretending in ornament quiet and.
... the extracts are not of sufficient excellence to excite vivid admiration , most of them are of the kind that meet us Like a pleasant thought , When such are wanted . COM They are generaily simple and unpretending in ornament quiet and.
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... thoughts of Christ and his cross , or the feelings to which the great theme of redemption gives rise in the bosom of the Christian . We may find plenty of the sentimentality of religion , expressed , too , in beautiful language - but as ...
... thoughts of Christ and his cross , or the feelings to which the great theme of redemption gives rise in the bosom of the Christian . We may find plenty of the sentimentality of religion , expressed , too , in beautiful language - but as ...
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... thought upon death and eternity may be rendered acceptable , through the medium of poetry , to many a mind , that would otherwise have fled from its approach . A voice from the grave and the other world may possibly here find hearers ...
... thought upon death and eternity may be rendered acceptable , through the medium of poetry , to many a mind , that would otherwise have fled from its approach . A voice from the grave and the other world may possibly here find hearers ...
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... thought it slept . " The Snow - Storm . Page . Massachusetts Spy . 216 • From Yamoyden . 217 • Mrs. Hale . 218 F. G. Halleck . 218 Henry Ware , Jr. 220 . N. P. Willis . 224 Andrews Norton . 225 Edward Everett . 225 . Percival . 228 ...
... thought it slept . " The Snow - Storm . Page . Massachusetts Spy . 216 • From Yamoyden . 217 • Mrs. Hale . 218 F. G. Halleck . 218 Henry Ware , Jr. 220 . N. P. Willis . 224 Andrews Norton . 225 Edward Everett . 225 . Percival . 228 ...
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... thoughts to work divine addressed ; Do something - do it soon - with all thy might ; An angel's wing would droop if long at rest , And God himself , inactive , were no longer blest . Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate ...
... thoughts to work divine addressed ; Do something - do it soon - with all thy might ; An angel's wing would droop if long at rest , And God himself , inactive , were no longer blest . Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate ...
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