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So the struck eagle , stretched upon the plain , No more through rolling clouds to soar again , Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart , And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart : Keen were his pangs , but keener far to feel ...
So the struck eagle , stretched upon the plain , No more through rolling clouds to soar again , Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart , And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart : Keen were his pangs , but keener far to feel ...
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Page 330 - Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. "For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
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| Title | Memoir of the Rev. Elias Cornelius Travels in the Old South |
| Author | Bela Bates Edwards |
| Publisher | Perkins & Marvin, 1833 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 15 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 360 pages |
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