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... person ; but consists of various parts , written at different times by different men . It is divided into two Testaments , called the Ola and the New , chiefly with reference to the time when they were published ; the Old being ...
... person ; but consists of various parts , written at different times by different men . It is divided into two Testaments , called the Ola and the New , chiefly with reference to the time when they were published ; the Old being ...
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... Persons who tell lies cannot fail to have their falsehood detected , and then nobody will be- lieve them , or trust them . Falsehood , besides , is the source of many other vices ; it renders the character a ! - together hollow and ...
... Persons who tell lies cannot fail to have their falsehood detected , and then nobody will be- lieve them , or trust them . Falsehood , besides , is the source of many other vices ; it renders the character a ! - together hollow and ...
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... person who speaks the truth needs not be afraid , and his heart is comforted , because he knows that he is sincere . Is it not pleasant also to gain the esteem of others ? and what is more es- timable than truth ? What can we say more ...
... person who speaks the truth needs not be afraid , and his heart is comforted , because he knows that he is sincere . Is it not pleasant also to gain the esteem of others ? and what is more es- timable than truth ? What can we say more ...
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... person who has a firm trust on the Supreme Being is powerful in his power , wise by his wisdom , happy by his happiness . He reaps the benefit of every divine attribute , and loses his own insufficiency in the fulness of infinite ...
... person who has a firm trust on the Supreme Being is powerful in his power , wise by his wisdom , happy by his happiness . He reaps the benefit of every divine attribute , and loses his own insufficiency in the fulness of infinite ...
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... person who believes he has his succour at hand , and that he acts in the sight of his friend , often exerts himself beyond his abilities , and does wonders that are not to be matched by one who is not animated with such a confidence of ...
... person who believes he has his succour at hand , and that he acts in the sight of his friend , often exerts himself beyond his abilities , and does wonders that are not to be matched by one who is not animated with such a confidence of ...
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Página 198 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endear'd each scene ! How often have I paused on every charm...
Página 198 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school. The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Página 206 - Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late; For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he entered the Netherby Hall, Among bridesmen, and kinsmen, and brothers, and all.
Página 206 - mong Graemes of the Netherby clan ; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran : There was racing and chasing on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see.
Página 222 - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Página 200 - Awaits alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to These the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Página 213 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the Bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son...
Página 208 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Página 28 - By degrees we let fall the remembrance of our original intention, and quit the only adequate object of rational desire. We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and disease and anxiety obstruct our way. We then look back upon our lives with horror, with sorrow, with repentance ; and wish, but too often vainly wish, that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue.
Página 198 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, and fondly broods with miser care ; time but the impression deeper makes, as streams their channels deeper wear.