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Page v
... eye is brought by a due remoteness into that just position which gives a clear and distinct view of things ; a remoteness which disperses " the illusions of vision , " scatters the mists of vanity , reduces objects to their natural size ...
... eye is brought by a due remoteness into that just position which gives a clear and distinct view of things ; a remoteness which disperses " the illusions of vision , " scatters the mists of vanity , reduces objects to their natural size ...
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... eyes of the greater part are closed , to open no more in this world . Even while the pen is in my hand framing this remark , more than one affecting corroboration of its truth occurs . May this reflection , at once painful and salutary ...
... eyes of the greater part are closed , to open no more in this world . Even while the pen is in my hand framing this remark , more than one affecting corroboration of its truth occurs . May this reflection , at once painful and salutary ...
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... eyes , than spec- ulate about doing a ton in a wild way , which I know can never be brought about . Fantom . I despise a narrow field . Oh for the reign of universal benevolence ! I want to make all mankind good and happy . Trueman ...
... eyes , than spec- ulate about doing a ton in a wild way , which I know can never be brought about . Fantom . I despise a narrow field . Oh for the reign of universal benevolence ! I want to make all mankind good and happy . Trueman ...
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... eye over the letter , said , " It is dated from Chelms- ford jail ; that rascal has got into prison . I am glad of it with all my heart : it is the fittest place for such scoundrels . I hope he will be sent to Botany Bay , if not hanged ...
... eye over the letter , said , " It is dated from Chelms- ford jail ; that rascal has got into prison . I am glad of it with all my heart : it is the fittest place for such scoundrels . I hope he will be sent to Botany Bay , if not hanged ...
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... eyes , and cast on his late master a look so dreadful , that Fantom wished , for a mo- ment , that he had given up all hope of the spoons , rather than have exposed himself to such a scene . At length the poor wretch said , in a voice ...
... eyes , and cast on his late master a look so dreadful , that Fantom wished , for a mo- ment , that he had given up all hope of the spoons , rather than have exposed himself to such a scene . At length the poor wretch said , in a voice ...
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Page 45 - You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Page 161 - For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Page 187 - So saying, he slipped a crown into his hand, and rode off. " Surely," said the shepherd, " ' goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life,' " as he gave the money to his wife when he got home at night.
Page 193 - Art Thou He that cometh or look we for another? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go your way and tell John the things which ye do hear and see : the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up and the poor have good tidings preached to them : and blessed is he whosoever shall find none occasion of stumbling in Me.
Page 257 - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Page 385 - Tis more than mortal man can bear. "How glorious is the rich man's state! His house so fine, his wealth so great! Heaven is unjust, you must agree; Why all to him? Why none to me? "In...
Page 185 - The rich and the poor meet together : the Lord is the Maker of them all.
Page 267 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Page 266 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Page 103 - Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister.