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... numbered with Abiram . Daniel nobly disobeyed ; but not from a spirit of sedition ; And Azarias shouted from the furnace , -I will not how down , O KING . If truth must be sacrificed to unity , then faithfulness were folly ; If man must ...
... numbered with Abiram . Daniel nobly disobeyed ; but not from a spirit of sedition ; And Azarias shouted from the furnace , -I will not how down , O KING . If truth must be sacrificed to unity , then faithfulness were folly ; If man must ...
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... numbered of the lost ; Often the generous heart , lit by unhallowed fire , Counted a brand among the burning , and left uncared - for , in his sin : Yet I waited a little year , and the mercy thou hadst for- gotten , Hath purged that ...
... numbered of the lost ; Often the generous heart , lit by unhallowed fire , Counted a brand among the burning , and left uncared - for , in his sin : Yet I waited a little year , and the mercy thou hadst for- gotten , Hath purged that ...
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... numbered . Thou mayst know if it be well with a man , -loveth he gaiety or solitude ? For the troubled river rusheth to the sea , but the calm lake slumbereth among the mountains . How dear to the mind of the sage are the thoughts that ...
... numbered . Thou mayst know if it be well with a man , -loveth he gaiety or solitude ? For the troubled river rusheth to the sea , but the calm lake slumbereth among the mountains . How dear to the mind of the sage are the thoughts that ...
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... numbered by billions the leagues between sun and sun , And noted in thy book the coming of their shadows : With marvellous unerring truth thou knowest to an inch and to an instant , The where and the when of the comet's path that SERIES ...
... numbered by billions the leagues between sun and sun , And noted in thy book the coming of their shadows : With marvellous unerring truth thou knowest to an inch and to an instant , The where and the when of the comet's path that SERIES ...
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... numbered of his friends . RARE is the whiness of Authorship : I justify mine office ; Albeit fincies w ak as mine credit not the calling . For it addeth i mortality to dying facts , that are ready to vanish aw y , Embalming as amber the ...
... numbered of his friends . RARE is the whiness of Authorship : I justify mine office ; Albeit fincies w ak as mine credit not the calling . For it addeth i mortality to dying facts , that are ready to vanish aw y , Embalming as amber the ...
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art thou beauty Behold better blessing buoyancy censer charity child count creature curse dark death Deucalion doth dread dull earth evil fair faith false fame fancy father fear flattery flowers folly fool glad glory gloweth goeth guilt hand happy hate hath heaven heed Herodotus hideth holy honesty honor hope humble humility Jehovah knoweth knowledge labor light live look loveth mammon man's memorial of earth mercy mighty mind mocketh mystery ness never Nireus numbered Ovid Palenque peace Phryne pleasure poison praise prayer precious pride psaltery reason Rechab rich scorn secret selfish shalt thou sloth smile solitude sorrow soul spirit standeth strong sweet tence thee thine things thou art thou canst thou hast thou shalt thoughts thy heart thyself tion to-day toil tongue trust truth unto vanity Verily weak wealth weary Wherefore wisdom wise words youth
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Page 366 - Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonied at thee, (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men...
Page 366 - Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast Thou seen Abraham?" Jesus said unto them, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am.
Page 117 - For a good book is the best of friends, the same to-day and for ever.
Page 380 - I'll bestow Sir Thomas Overbury's milkmaid's wish upon her, "that she may die in the Spring; and, being dead, may have good store of flowers stuck round about her winding-sheet.
Page 77 - It is a deep dark thought, and needeth to be diligently studied, But perchance evil was essential, that God should be seen of his creatures : For...
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Page 161 - Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, the scarred and crooked oak will tell of thee for centuries to come...
Page 84 - She beareth the banner of heaven, her onset is the rushing cataract, Seraphim rally at her side, and the captain of that host is God, And the serried ranks of evil are routed by the lightning of her eye...
Page 85 - Prayer is a creature's strength, his very breath and being ; Prayer is the golden key that can open the wicket of Mercy ; Prayer is the magic sound that saith to Fate, So be it; Prayer is the slender nerve that moveth the muscles of Omnipotence.
Page 161 - Yet is it a talent of trust, a loan to be rendered back with interest...