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... seemed to me sweetly to represent the loveliness and beauty of Jesus Christ . The whole book of Canticles used to be pleasant to me , and I used to be much in reading it , about that time ; and found , from time to time , an inward ...
... seemed to me sweetly to represent the loveliness and beauty of Jesus Christ . The whole book of Canticles used to be pleasant to me , and I used to be much in reading it , about that time ; and found , from time to time , an inward ...
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... seemed as if the breezes brought him , It seemed as if the sparrows taught him ; As if by secret sight he knew Where , in far fields , the orchis grew . Many haps fall in the field . Seldom seen by wishful eyes , But all her shows did ...
... seemed as if the breezes brought him , It seemed as if the sparrows taught him ; As if by secret sight he knew Where , in far fields , the orchis grew . Many haps fall in the field . Seldom seen by wishful eyes , But all her shows did ...
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... seemed specially picked and packed by some infernal fatality to help him to his mono- maniac revenge . How it was that they so aboundingly responded to the old man's ire- by what evil magic their souls were possessed , that at times his ...
... seemed specially picked and packed by some infernal fatality to help him to his mono- maniac revenge . How it was that they so aboundingly responded to the old man's ire- by what evil magic their souls were possessed , that at times his ...
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JONATHAN EDWARDS 17031758 | 16 |
Sarah Pierrepont | 24 |
JOHN WOOLMAN 17201772 | 31 |
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