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... readers good citizens of this world , while we would fain lead them to a better ! Our grand object will be the religious instruction and improvement of servants , and of those to whom the perusal of unobjectionable matter , and ...
... readers good citizens of this world , while we would fain lead them to a better ! Our grand object will be the religious instruction and improvement of servants , and of those to whom the perusal of unobjectionable matter , and ...
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... readers whom we chiefly wish to consider . Unlike to those who profess themselves friendly to the humbler ranks of life , and who exhibit their friendship by endeavouring to make them discontented with their lot , ungrate- ful to their ...
... readers whom we chiefly wish to consider . Unlike to those who profess themselves friendly to the humbler ranks of life , and who exhibit their friendship by endeavouring to make them discontented with their lot , ungrate- ful to their ...
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... reading in my berth , when I heard a scratching between the lining and the side of the ship , which continuing some time , with intervals that discovered fear , I supposed it to proceed from rats , ascending between the ribs of the ship ...
... reading in my berth , when I heard a scratching between the lining and the side of the ship , which continuing some time , with intervals that discovered fear , I supposed it to proceed from rats , ascending between the ribs of the ship ...
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... readers , that a change in the formation of a common kettle will greatly promote this end ; so much so , that a few sticks and a little paper will , in a very short space of time , set it boiling . The shape recommended is this : to ...
... readers , that a change in the formation of a common kettle will greatly promote this end ; so much so , that a few sticks and a little paper will , in a very short space of time , set it boiling . The shape recommended is this : to ...
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... readers the following fable : ~ " In times of old , when every part of the body could think and act for itself , and each had a separate will of its own , they all , with common consent , resolved to revolt against the belly . They knew ...
... readers the following fable : ~ " In times of old , when every part of the body could think and act for itself , and each had a separate will of its own , they all , with common consent , resolved to revolt against the belly . They knew ...
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Page 260 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for ? And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day...
Page 99 - While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 139 - A fire devoureth before them ; and behind them a flame burneth : the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 335 - Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed: for Prosperity doth best discover vice, but Adversity doth...
Page 14 - Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 402 - And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint, saying ; There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man. And there was a widow in that city ; and she came unto him, saying ; Avenge me of mine adversary.
Page 9 - Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things ; not answering again ; not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
Page 535 - But while he thought on these things, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife : for That which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call His Name JESUS : for He shall save His people from their sins.
Page 10 - Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear ; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Page 490 - For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water : whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.