The Orator's Guide, Or, Rules for Speaking and Composing: From the Best Authoritiescompiler, G.L. Austin, printer, 1822 - 104 pages |
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... hath done thee evil : still I thank him , And can forgive him all , that he so soon Hath given thee back to us . Cain . Adah . ) So soon ? ' Tis scarcely Two hours since ye departed : two long hours To me , but only hours upon the sun ...
... hath done thee evil : still I thank him , And can forgive him all , that he so soon Hath given thee back to us . Cain . Adah . ) So soon ? ' Tis scarcely Two hours since ye departed : two long hours To me , but only hours upon the sun ...
Page 84
... Hath this extent ; no more . Rude am I in speech , And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years pith , ' Till now some nine moons wasted , they have us'd Their dearest action in the ...
... Hath this extent ; no more . Rude am I in speech , And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years pith , ' Till now some nine moons wasted , they have us'd Their dearest action in the ...
Page 93
... hath he not put in subjection the world to come.- Unto which of them said he at any time , Thou art my son ? To which of them , Sit thou at my right hand ? ' He saith , they are spirits , ministering spirits , sent forth to minister ...
... hath he not put in subjection the world to come.- Unto which of them said he at any time , Thou art my son ? To which of them , Sit thou at my right hand ? ' He saith , they are spirits , ministering spirits , sent forth to minister ...
Page 94
... hath , are his . ' Who is that mysterious Word , that was , ' in the beginning , with God ? Who is the Alpha and Omega , the beginning and the ending , the first and the last , the Almighty ? Who is he that knows what is in man ...
... hath , are his . ' Who is that mysterious Word , that was , ' in the beginning , with God ? Who is the Alpha and Omega , the beginning and the ending , the first and the last , the Almighty ? Who is he that knows what is in man ...
Page 95
... hath highly exalted him , and given him a name which is above every name ; that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow , of things in heaven and things in earth , and things under the earth ; and that every tongue should confess ...
... hath highly exalted him , and given him a name which is above every name ; that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow , of things in heaven and things in earth , and things under the earth ; and that every tongue should confess ...
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Page 85 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse: which I observing, Took once a pliant hour; and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Page 99 - The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me : give place to me that I may dwell.
Page 84 - Their dearest action in the tented field, And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle, And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious...
Page 85 - Took once a pliant hour; and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That I would all my pilgrimage dilate, Whereof by parcels...
Page 96 - And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
Page 100 - Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
Page 101 - Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath. " That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us...
Page 68 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced — no matter what complexion, incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon...
Page 99 - For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
Page 99 - Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.