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... fear of death alone , " she thought , " that so de- * presses me , though I am very young to die ; but it is dying away from my own country , my own beloved family . " Miranda had run into the room where her parents were sitting : she ...
... fear of death alone , " she thought , " that so de- * presses me , though I am very young to die ; but it is dying away from my own country , my own beloved family . " Miranda had run into the room where her parents were sitting : she ...
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... fear of the future . This particular feeling , from its very nature , can only last a very short time : it is a weakness of mind in any one ; it is wrong in the Christian , for it is one of those intervals when he neglects to watch and ...
... fear of the future . This particular feeling , from its very nature , can only last a very short time : it is a weakness of mind in any one ; it is wrong in the Christian , for it is one of those intervals when he neglects to watch and ...
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... fears , which made his family so melancholy . " Let us trust in God , and all will do well , " he said ; " not place a half trust in him , but give up as a free - will offering , health , riches , and present happiness to him . It is ...
... fears , which made his family so melancholy . " Let us trust in God , and all will do well , " he said ; " not place a half trust in him , but give up as a free - will offering , health , riches , and present happiness to him . It is ...
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... fear of the world in disguise ; and the celestial flame of piety seemed for ever silently burning within him ; purifying the exuberance of earthly virtues , and consuming every vicious inclination . Dun- can had one friend , one real ...
... fear of the world in disguise ; and the celestial flame of piety seemed for ever silently burning within him ; purifying the exuberance of earthly virtues , and consuming every vicious inclination . Dun- can had one friend , one real ...
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... fear that I shall change my résolu- tion , I can be really of use , I am sure I can , I will understand business . " - " But , my dear boy , you are entered at Cambridge , you are intended for the church . " " Oh , my own mother , don't ...
... fear that I shall change my résolu- tion , I can be really of use , I am sure I can , I will understand business . " - " But , my dear boy , you are entered at Cambridge , you are intended for the church . " " Oh , my own mother , don't ...
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Page 52 - Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Page 115 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked...
Page 197 - Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Page 103 - Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
Page 155 - Lie not ; but let thy heart be true to God, Thy mouth to it, thy actions to them both.
Page viii - Here the self-torturing sophist, wild Rousseau, The apostle of affliction, he who threw Enchantment over passion, and from woe Wrung overwhelming eloquence, first drew The breath which made him wretched : yet he knew How to make madness beautiful, and cast O'er erring deeds and thoughts a heavenly hue Of words, like sunbeams, dazzling as they past The eyes, which o'er them shed tears feelingly and fast.
Page 59 - If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Page 219 - Athenian walls from ruin bare. IX. TO A VIRTUOUS YOUNG LADY. LADY, that in the prime of earliest youth Wisely hast shunned the broad way and the green, And with those few art eminently seen, That labour up the hill of heavenly truth, The better part with Mary and with Ruth Chosen thou hast...
Page xiv - And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast : There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow, There the first roses of the year shall blow ; While angels with their silver wings o'ersluide The ground, now sacred by thy reliques made.
Page 128 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.