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... and the ocean sleeps upon coral strands , to the exile's fond fancy it clothes the naked rock , or stormy shore , or barren moor , or wild Highland mountain , with charms he weeps to think of , and longs once more to see .
... and the ocean sleeps upon coral strands , to the exile's fond fancy it clothes the naked rock , or stormy shore , or barren moor , or wild Highland mountain , with charms he weeps to think of , and longs once more to see .
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Had Christ done no more than bid Lazarus live , I can fancy his unhappy friend imploring him to resume the gift , saying , Take it back ; let me return to the quiet grave ; the dead will not shun me ; and I shall say to corruption ...
Had Christ done no more than bid Lazarus live , I can fancy his unhappy friend imploring him to resume the gift , saying , Take it back ; let me return to the quiet grave ; the dead will not shun me ; and I shall say to corruption ...
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I can fancy few sadder sights than an entire family , parents and children , all blind — a home , where the flowers have no beauty , the night has no stars , the morning no blushing dawn ...
I can fancy few sadder sights than an entire family , parents and children , all blind — a home , where the flowers have no beauty , the night has no stars , the morning no blushing dawn ...
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Neither suspecting how God had punished him for the deceit he practised on his old blind father , nor how Laban , a greater master of craft than himself , had substituted the elder for the younger daughter , fancy his confusion , when ...
Neither suspecting how God had punished him for the deceit he practised on his old blind father , nor how Laban , a greater master of craft than himself , had substituted the elder for the younger daughter , fancy his confusion , when ...
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Some think they may go on in sin , and for a while longer dare the danger , and then put up the helm - veering round when they like on the other tack ; while many fancy that they are on the road to heaven , when every step they take ...
Some think they may go on in sin , and for a while longer dare the danger , and then put up the helm - veering round when they like on the other tack ; while many fancy that they are on the road to heaven , when every step they take ...
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| Title | Christ and the Inheritance of the Saints: Illustrated in a Series of Discourses from the Colossians |
| Author | Thomas Guthrie |
| Publisher | Adam and Charles Black, 1858 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 14 Jun 2016 |
| Length | 385 pages |
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