The new cyclopædia of illustrative anecdote [by E.S.P.].1880 |
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... hear from him in an hour , when he would send them some pills which he believed would prove efficacious . He immediately went home and put ten guineas into a pill - box , with the following label : " These must be used as necessities ...
... hear from him in an hour , when he would send them some pills which he believed would prove efficacious . He immediately went home and put ten guineas into a pill - box , with the following label : " These must be used as necessities ...
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... fulfil the lusts thereof . " prised and delighted to hear them All was decided by a word . " I both avow themselves converts to the truths of the blessed volume . tained Tindal beyond THE NEW CYCLOPÆDIA OF ANECDOTE . 19.
... fulfil the lusts thereof . " prised and delighted to hear them All was decided by a word . " I both avow themselves converts to the truths of the blessed volume . tained Tindal beyond THE NEW CYCLOPÆDIA OF ANECDOTE . 19.
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... Hear me , young man , " said the Arch- bishop , " and come on with me . You see I am a very old man , and my life is of very little conse- quence . Yours seems far otherwise . I am named Sharpe , and am Arch- bishop of York ; my ...
... Hear me , young man , " said the Arch- bishop , " and come on with me . You see I am a very old man , and my life is of very little conse- quence . Yours seems far otherwise . I am named Sharpe , and am Arch- bishop of York ; my ...
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... hear she accosted me in the following him ; he is to preach to - morrow manner : - ' I believe , sir , you evening . " They promised her preached last evening at such a ladyship that they would attend . chapel . ' ' Yes , I did . ' Ah ...
... hear she accosted me in the following him ; he is to preach to - morrow manner : - ' I believe , sir , you evening . " They promised her preached last evening at such a ladyship that they would attend . chapel . ' ' Yes , I did . ' Ah ...
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... hear a sermon , wherein , among other evil practices , the use of dis- honest weights and measures was exposed . With this discourse she was much affected . The next day , the minister , according to his custom , went among his hearers ...
... hear a sermon , wherein , among other evil practices , the use of dis- honest weights and measures was exposed . With this discourse she was much affected . The next day , the minister , according to his custom , went among his hearers ...
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Page 19 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 535 - BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Page 534 - Peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me...
Page 469 - Neither do men put new wine into old bottles : else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish : but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
Page 534 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ; I repeat it. sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
Page 534 - Gentlemen may cry peace! peace! but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 500 - The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 427 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer; with man it has often been otherwise.
Page 19 - But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Page 135 - I did not understand him till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man...