Letters to the YoungPerkins, Marvin, 1834 - 264 էջ |
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... action , revealed to man the little world within his bosom ? has HE . But comparison implies equality , and how much more has HE done ! In some of the most admired human compositions , these graces of style and structure have formed the ...
... action , revealed to man the little world within his bosom ? has HE . But comparison implies equality , and how much more has HE done ! In some of the most admired human compositions , these graces of style and structure have formed the ...
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... actions of Samson afford as plentiful matter as the labors of Hercules ? Why is not Jeptha's daughter as good a woman as Iphigenia ? And the friendship of David and Jonathan , more worthy cele- bration than that of Theseus and Besethous ...
... actions of Samson afford as plentiful matter as the labors of Hercules ? Why is not Jeptha's daughter as good a woman as Iphigenia ? And the friendship of David and Jonathan , more worthy cele- bration than that of Theseus and Besethous ...
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... action , has always struck me exceedingly . The portrait of Macbeth , when matured in villany , " Bloody , Luxurious , avaricious , false , deceitful , Sudden , malicious , smacking of every sin That has a name , " precisely describes ...
... action , has always struck me exceedingly . The portrait of Macbeth , when matured in villany , " Bloody , Luxurious , avaricious , false , deceitful , Sudden , malicious , smacking of every sin That has a name , " precisely describes ...
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... actions . should think of them only as CHRISTIANS ; Christians , in truth , of larger growth and finer symmetry , but men , nevertheless , of like passions with ourselves ; partakers of that very grace which we may partake also ; and ...
... actions . should think of them only as CHRISTIANS ; Christians , in truth , of larger growth and finer symmetry , but men , nevertheless , of like passions with ourselves ; partakers of that very grace which we may partake also ; and ...
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... action and principle ; these strong parallels , these corroborating resem- blances , which commend the Bible to the heart and conscience of the reader , who says , whensoever he takes up that holy book , " I will hear what the Lord will ...
... action and principle ; these strong parallels , these corroborating resem- blances , which commend the Bible to the heart and conscience of the reader , who says , whensoever he takes up that holy book , " I will hear what the Lord will ...
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Էջ 236 - And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day : And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Էջ 59 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.
Էջ 24 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort ? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Էջ 44 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains...
Էջ 188 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Էջ 38 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; That opened not the house of his prisoners?
Էջ 105 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Էջ 42 - I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being, My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.
Էջ 37 - How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Էջ 38 - She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: All her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.