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Page 369 - put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.' The exceptive clause is not here added ; but it is clear, on a comparison with the passage in St. Matthew, that it may be safely understood.
Page 548 - And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star ; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips—
Page 547 - . and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ; Tho* deep yet clear, tho' gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. Denham.
Page 410 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scenes, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely been. Byron.
Page 677 - caution that any man ought to venture upon pulling down an edifice which has answered in any tolerable degree for ages the common purposes of society, or on building it up again, without having models and patterns of approved utility before bis eyes.
Page 426 - The very knowledge that he lived in vain, That all was over on this side the tomb, Had made Despair a smilingness assume, Which, though 'twere wild, — as on the plundered wreck When mariners would madly meet their doom With draughts intemperate on the sinking deck, — Did yet inspire a cheer, which he forbore to check.
Page 541 - shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants : we have done that which was our duty to do. Luke
Page 436 - Far and wide Temple and tower went down, nor left A site :— Chaos of ruins ! who shall trace the void, O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light. And say, ' here was, or is,* where all is
Page 714 - The morality of an action depends upon the motive from which we act. If I fling half a crown to a beggar with intention to break his head, and he picks it up and buys victuals with it, the physical effect » good ; but, with respect to me, the