The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper, Esq. ...S. Andrus & son, 1851 - 527 էջ |
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... truth , his heart at times would fail him , and of late he had been bitter in repinings and complaint . For a day or two , in particular , he had murmured loudly . It was hard , very hard , that an honest , industrious man , as he was ...
... truth , his heart at times would fail him , and of late he had been bitter in repinings and complaint . For a day or two , in particular , he had murmured loudly . It was hard , very hard , that an honest , industrious man , as he was ...
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... truth , if man were but an hibernating animal , invisible as dormice in the winter , and only to be seen with summer swallows , Acton's cot- tage at Hurstley might have been a cantle cut from the Elysian - fields . But there are certain ...
... truth , if man were but an hibernating animal , invisible as dormice in the winter , and only to be seen with summer swallows , Acton's cot- tage at Hurstley might have been a cantle cut from the Elysian - fields . But there are certain ...
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... sting of momentary anguish , what a sickening fear , what an eager search ! and , as the grim truth became more evident , that , indeed , beyond all remedy , his new - got , ill - got , egg of coming wealth was all 22 THE CROCK OF GOLD .
... sting of momentary anguish , what a sickening fear , what an eager search ! and , as the grim truth became more evident , that , indeed , beyond all remedy , his new - got , ill - got , egg of coming wealth was all 22 THE CROCK OF GOLD .
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... truths at all . Just now , the usual night's work took him a little off the hooks , and we must make allowances ; really , too , he was by far the soberest of all those choice spirits , and drank and played as little as he could ; and ...
... truths at all . Just now , the usual night's work took him a little off the hooks , and we must make allowances ; really , too , he was by far the soberest of all those choice spirits , and drank and played as little as he could ; and ...
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... truths before him . Acton was not the only man on the estate who knew that he had a landlord , generous , not to say prodigal - a warm - hearted , well - inten- tioned master , whose mere youth a career of sensuality had not yet ...
... truths before him . Acton was not the only man on the estate who knew that he had a landlord , generous , not to say prodigal - a warm - hearted , well - inten- tioned master , whose mere youth a career of sensuality had not yet ...
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Էջ 409 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Էջ 36 - Israel, trust in the LORD, for with the LORD there is mercy : and with Him is plenteous redemption. 8. And He shall redeem Israel : from all his sins.
Էջ 62 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Էջ 104 - Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Էջ 500 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Էջ 471 - The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth : While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
Էջ 518 - But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Էջ 471 - When he gave to the sea his decree, That the waters should not pass his commandment: When he appointed the foundations of the earth : Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him ; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth ; And my delights were with the sons of men.
Էջ 500 - Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.
Էջ 390 - Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?