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... means of good ages after he has been in his grave , " so may you , insignificant though you be , have left some impress of yourself upon minds more powerful than your own , and so be exercising a power to do harm to people you have ...
... means of good ages after he has been in his grave , " so may you , insignificant though you be , have left some impress of yourself upon minds more powerful than your own , and so be exercising a power to do harm to people you have ...
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... means : the king enjoins it — at least the ex - king desires it : let Kent seek his own ease - and perhaps Lear will follow him in . Mean- while , in draggling robes , drenched to the skin ROYALTY REMINDED OF THE POOR . 15 ROYALTY ...
... means : the king enjoins it — at least the ex - king desires it : let Kent seek his own ease - and perhaps Lear will follow him in . Mean- while , in draggling robes , drenched to the skin ROYALTY REMINDED OF THE POOR . 15 ROYALTY ...
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... means to strengthen the hand of the poor and needy . Lazarus the beggar was , as some scholars interpret the passage , " content to be fed " on the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table ; in which case he would not appear to have ...
... means to strengthen the hand of the poor and needy . Lazarus the beggar was , as some scholars interpret the passage , " content to be fed " on the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table ; in which case he would not appear to have ...
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... mean attire , -a mode of life , it was supposed , which might tend to inspire him with more sympathy with the destitute . " It is to royalty that Jeanie Deans is pleading , when she exclaims , " Alas ! it is not when we sleep soft and ...
... mean attire , -a mode of life , it was supposed , which might tend to inspire him with more sympathy with the destitute . " It is to royalty that Jeanie Deans is pleading , when she exclaims , " Alas ! it is not when we sleep soft and ...
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... means . The Giver is veiled by his gifts . You are startled at the injustice of returning thanks - for what ? —for having so much , while so many starve . It is to praise the gods amiss . " Taking for his text the apprenticeship of good ...
... means . The Giver is veiled by his gifts . You are startled at the injustice of returning thanks - for what ? —for having so much , while so many starve . It is to praise the gods amiss . " Taking for his text the apprenticeship of good ...
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Page 189 - By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Page 9 - In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
Page 11 - Grey. But then I sigh, and with a piece of Scripture, Tell them — that God bids us do good for evil ; And thus I clothe my naked villany With old odd ends, stolen forth of holy writ ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
Page 255 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 348 - For nought so vile that on the earth doth live, But to the earth some special good doth give...
Page 330 - Nebuchadnezzar : and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds
Page 379 - What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded ; 8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
Page 157 - Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. " Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die.
Page 379 - I was all ear, !(« And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
Page 224 - Cover your heads, and mock not flesh and blood With solemn reverence : throw away respect, Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty, For you have but mistook me all this while: I live with bread like you, feel want, Taste grief, need friends: subjected thus, How can you say to me I am a king?