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" Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister. "
The Works of Hannah More - Page 103
by Hannah More - 1836
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Grace Abounding and The Pilgrim's Progress, Volume 72; Volume 698

John Bunyan - 1907 - 454 pages
...come ; and as touching this World, to count the Grave my House, to make my Bed in Darkness, to say to Corruption, Thou art my Father, and to the Worm, Thou art my Mother and Sister; that is, to familiarize these things to me. 328. But notwithstanding these helps, I found my...
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The Northwestern Reporter, Volume 110

1907 - 1282 pages
...resolved into dust from whence it springs. With the coffined clay that they surround, "they have said to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my sister and my mother." They are no longer property, and their relations with the living are at an end....
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Lawyers' Reports Annotated, Book 9

1907 - 1366 pages
...resolved, into dust from whence it springs. With the coffined clay that they surround, "they have said S j = jY \ á< N J uAE ɸ 5 S Uu@/O sister and my mother." They are no longer property, and their relations with the living are at an end....
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Select Orations Illustrating American Political History

Samuel Bannister Harding - 1909 - 570 pages
...blush for these distinctions, which become the vehicles of your dishonor! Such a nation might truly say to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister! We should say of such a race of men, their name is a heavier burden than their debt. I can scarcely...
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Speech-making: Explicit Instructions for the Building and Delivery of Speeches

Edwin Gordon Lawrence - 1911 - 278 pages
...blush for these distinctions which become the vehicles of your dishonour. Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister. We would say of such a race of men, their name is a heavier burden than their debt. On this theme my...
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The Speaker, Volume 6

1911 - 494 pages
...idea o' man. those days. We were 'shamed of ourselves. We used to hear the minister read: "I have said to Corruption. Thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother, and the stars are not pure in His sight ; how much less than that is a worm." Oh, we had to look out for...
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The Life of John Ruskin, Volume 1

Sir Edward Tyas Cook - 1911 - 592 pages
...with the worm feeding on them ; kindred of the earth shall you yourself become ; saying to the grave, 'Thou art my father'; and to the worm, 'Thou art my mother, and my sister.' "I leave you to judge, and to choose, between this labour, and the bequeathed peace ; these wages,...
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English Prose: From the sixteenth century to the restoration

Sir Henry Craik - 1913 - 624 pages
...which have been the children of royal parents, and the parents of royal children, must say with Job, To corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister. Miserable riddle, when the same worm must be my mother, and my sister, and myself. Miserable incest,...
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Selections from the World's Devotional Classics, Volume 7

Robert Scott, George William Gilmore - 1916 - 246 pages
...come ; and as touching this world, to count the grave my house, to make my bed in darkness, and to say to corruption, Thou art my father; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and sister: that is, to familiarize these things to me." But notwithstanding these helps, I found myself...
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Certain Movements in England and America which Influenced the Transition ...

George Tilden Colman - 1917 - 124 pages
...them; ... as touching this world, to count the grave my house, to make my bed in darkness, and to say to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and sister. . . . The parting with my wife and my poor children hath often been to me as the pulling of...
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