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... charm he never so wisely . We well know that the same truth , told in two dif ferent ways , shall have a very different effect upon our minds : let it be doled out to us in a droning , drowsy tone , and in homely , vulgar language , and ...
... charm he never so wisely . We well know that the same truth , told in two dif ferent ways , shall have a very different effect upon our minds : let it be doled out to us in a droning , drowsy tone , and in homely , vulgar language , and ...
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... charms , present one wild desolating view , then it is that men of the greatest sensibility will sometimes forget to be grateful . But is it true , that the earth at this season is so utterly destitute of the blessings of Heaven , that ...
... charms , present one wild desolating view , then it is that men of the greatest sensibility will sometimes forget to be grateful . But is it true , that the earth at this season is so utterly destitute of the blessings of Heaven , that ...
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... charms of no avail . But we have no necessity to traverse nature to prove the blessing of fire ; let us return from our flight , and contemplate our own apartment . Here , the fire diffuses a genial warmth through the whole room , and ...
... charms of no avail . But we have no necessity to traverse nature to prove the blessing of fire ; let us return from our flight , and contemplate our own apartment . Here , the fire diffuses a genial warmth through the whole room , and ...
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... charms , each individual following his inclination endeavours to find amusements to enliven the long winter evenings . Many pursue one con- tinued round of riot and dissipation . It is indeed truly lamentable to see so many people by ...
... charms , each individual following his inclination endeavours to find amusements to enliven the long winter evenings . Many pursue one con- tinued round of riot and dissipation . It is indeed truly lamentable to see so many people by ...
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... charms ; and there innocence of heart is often exchanged for sorrow and disease . At one time feasts invite ; at another , diversions and public places ; all tending to mislead and corrupt . Having enumerated a sufficient speci- men of ...
... charms ; and there innocence of heart is often exchanged for sorrow and disease . At one time feasts invite ; at another , diversions and public places ; all tending to mislead and corrupt . Having enumerated a sufficient speci- men of ...
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Page 314 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Page 82 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 81 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 227 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 38 - And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Page 82 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 81 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Page 82 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night...
Page 256 - The eyes of all wait upon thee ; And thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 40 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...