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... knew any thing . This book led to the grand discovery ; he had now found what his heart panted after , - a way to distinguish himself . To start out a full - grown phi- losopher at once , to be wise without education , to dispute ...
... knew any thing . This book led to the grand discovery ; he had now found what his heart panted after , - a way to distinguish himself . To start out a full - grown phi- losopher at once , to be wise without education , to dispute ...
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... knew that if , on the one hand , Trueman was no scholar , yet , on the other , he was no fool ; and though he despised his preju- dices , yet he thought he might be made a good decoy - duck , for , if he could once bring Trueman over ...
... knew that if , on the one hand , Trueman was no scholar , yet , on the other , he was no fool ; and though he despised his preju- dices , yet he thought he might be made a good decoy - duck , for , if he could once bring Trueman over ...
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... knew better what was to be done . In the midst of the bustle , he saw one woman , only , who never attempted to be of the least use . She ran back- ward and forward , wringing her hands , and crying out in a tone of piercing agony ...
... knew better what was to be done . In the midst of the bustle , he saw one woman , only , who never attempted to be of the least use . She ran back- ward and forward , wringing her hands , and crying out in a tone of piercing agony ...
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... knew also , that he should forfeit that confidence which put other men in his power , and would set them as much on their guard against him , as he , who thought all mankind pretty much alike , was on his guard against them . Mr ...
... knew also , that he should forfeit that confidence which put other men in his power , and would set them as much on their guard against him , as he , who thought all mankind pretty much alike , was on his guard against them . Mr ...
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... knew how to spend both pounds , shillings , and pence , yet they did not know so well how to cast them up . Indeed , it is to be regretted that women in general , especially in the middle class , are so little grounded in so ...
... knew how to spend both pounds , shillings , and pence , yet they did not know so well how to cast them up . Indeed , it is to be regretted that women in general , especially in the middle class , are so little grounded in so ...
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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.