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I often felt a mourning and lamenting in my heart , that I had not turned to God sooner , that I might have had more time to grow in grace . My mind was greatly fixed on divine things ; almost perpetually in the contemplation of them .
I often felt a mourning and lamenting in my heart , that I had not turned to God sooner , that I might have had more time to grow in grace . My mind was greatly fixed on divine things ; almost perpetually in the contemplation of them .
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love gives utterance , and some appearance of right order in their temper and conduct , whose passions are regulated ; yet all these do not fully shew forth that inward life to such as have not felt it : But this white stones and new ...
love gives utterance , and some appearance of right order in their temper and conduct , whose passions are regulated ; yet all these do not fully shew forth that inward life to such as have not felt it : But this white stones and new ...
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And thus how frequently , in my intense scrutiny of Ligeia's eyes , have I felt approaching the full knowledge of their expression - felt it approaching — yet not quite be mine - and so at length entirely depart !
And thus how frequently , in my intense scrutiny of Ligeia's eyes , have I felt approaching the full knowledge of their expression - felt it approaching — yet not quite be mine - and so at length entirely depart !
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The Literature of the Colonies and the Revolution | 3 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 15901657 | 14 |
ANNE BRADSTREET 1612?1672 | 32 |
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