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... possessed a good share of free- dom of thought and action , the infant Moses would have perished in the rushes . If Miriam , the sister of Moses , had been secluded from society , she would not have had an opportunity of witnessing the ...
... possessed a good share of free- dom of thought and action , the infant Moses would have perished in the rushes . If Miriam , the sister of Moses , had been secluded from society , she would not have had an opportunity of witnessing the ...
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... possessed . Captain Abbot had the means of accommodating a half dozen , or more , without any incon- venience , and he paid a most religious regard to his engage- ment . In this family , students were provided with good and wholesome ...
... possessed . Captain Abbot had the means of accommodating a half dozen , or more , without any incon- venience , and he paid a most religious regard to his engage- ment . In this family , students were provided with good and wholesome ...
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... possessing the natural qualifications of beauty , good- nature , wit , and a fondness for poetry , in which consisted a great part of the literature of that age , was much extolled , for those advantages . Independent of allying himself ...
... possessing the natural qualifications of beauty , good- nature , wit , and a fondness for poetry , in which consisted a great part of the literature of that age , was much extolled , for those advantages . Independent of allying himself ...
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... themselves wings , ' and long since ' fled away , ' by the assurance , that nothing we ever possessed was adequate to render us happy , without other and better enjoy- J ments - that upon a fair estimate , it is 6 FEMALE BIOGRAPHY . 61.
... themselves wings , ' and long since ' fled away , ' by the assurance , that nothing we ever possessed was adequate to render us happy , without other and better enjoy- J ments - that upon a fair estimate , it is 6 FEMALE BIOGRAPHY . 61.
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... possessing all things . ' * 66 • Similar views and principles alone can correct a third error of age , namely , the aim to prolong juvenility to an unnatural period . To secure to the old that influence which they are willing to claim ...
... possessing all things . ' * 66 • Similar views and principles alone can correct a third error of age , namely , the aim to prolong juvenility to an unnatural period . To secure to the old that influence which they are willing to claim ...
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Page 54 - And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Page 23 - On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires; E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th...
Page 393 - Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (xxii.
Page 24 - Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife : there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
Page 442 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband : and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Page 97 - But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander must bring you the enjoying of your desired happiness ; then I desire of God, that he will pardon your great sin therein, and likewise mine...
Page 196 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Page 78 - I once that lov'd the shady woods so well, Now thought the rivers did the trees excel, And if the sun would ever shine, there would I dwell.
Page 58 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page 212 - ... in the seventieth year of her age, and the forty-fifth of her reign.