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... wise and good ; and , above all , they possess His favour , ' whom to know is life eternal . ' " " A creature not too bright and good , For human nature's daily food ; For simple duties , playful wiles , Praise , blame , love , kisses ...
... wise and good ; and , above all , they possess His favour , ' whom to know is life eternal . ' " " A creature not too bright and good , For human nature's daily food ; For simple duties , playful wiles , Praise , blame , love , kisses ...
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... , industrious , affectionate ? Oh , husband ! we trust thou hast made a rational choice , other- wise our whisper will echo but sadly through thine ears . CHAPTER III . ON GENERAL CONDUCT . EARNESTLY endeavour to TO THE HUSBAND . 23.
... , industrious , affectionate ? Oh , husband ! we trust thou hast made a rational choice , other- wise our whisper will echo but sadly through thine ears . CHAPTER III . ON GENERAL CONDUCT . EARNESTLY endeavour to TO THE HUSBAND . 23.
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... wise as a very flirting , careless husband , if he appears to prefer the company of every trifling , foolish girl , to the society of his wife . And be assured , however good sense and pride may conceal her feelings , this levity of ...
... wise as a very flirting , careless husband , if he appears to prefer the company of every trifling , foolish girl , to the society of his wife . And be assured , however good sense and pride may conceal her feelings , this levity of ...
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... wise man observes , a sight beautiful before God and man . But , in general , how reversed is the picture ! He saunters out with her , careless , cold , and uninterested ; scarcely , during the walk , uttering a word , or , when he does ...
... wise man observes , a sight beautiful before God and man . But , in general , how reversed is the picture ! He saunters out with her , careless , cold , and uninterested ; scarcely , during the walk , uttering a word , or , when he does ...
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... Let circumstances , discre- tion , and good sense be your direction . But , as you value your peace , as you hope to win your husband back again , avoid an angry debate . Gentle and wise remonstrance may most probably make TO THE WIFE . 95.
... Let circumstances , discre- tion , and good sense be your direction . But , as you value your peace , as you hope to win your husband back again , avoid an angry debate . Gentle and wise remonstrance may most probably make TO THE WIFE . 95.
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Page 108 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 157 - Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls A place and a name better than of sons and of daughters : I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Page 37 - Yet ye say, Wherefore ? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Page 57 - ... so ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: for we are members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.
Page 61 - With what all earth or heaven could bestow , To make her amiable : on she came, Led by her...
Page 36 - Hail, wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else! By thee adulterous Lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range ; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother, first were known.
Page 88 - Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from «• following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 21 - Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 115 - Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible ; even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 60 - Man-like, but different sex ; so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the world, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...