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... nature , like that river of which Alexander broke the strength , spent itself in channels which had no great name on the earth . But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive , for the growing good of the ...
... nature , like that river of which Alexander broke the strength , spent itself in channels which had no great name on the earth . But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive , for the growing good of the ...
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... nature suggested misgiving as to the per- fection of character in a man who was not vividly interested in the kind work of cottage - building . But this slight check to Dorothea's enthusiasm had no effect upon her main purpose , and she ...
... nature suggested misgiving as to the per- fection of character in a man who was not vividly interested in the kind work of cottage - building . But this slight check to Dorothea's enthusiasm had no effect upon her main purpose , and she ...
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... nature , indicating at the same time , by politely reaching a chair for her , that he regarded these manifestations as rather crude and startling . Having made his clerical toilette with due care in the morning , he was prepared only ...
... nature , indicating at the same time , by politely reaching a chair for her , that he regarded these manifestations as rather crude and startling . Having made his clerical toilette with due care in the morning , he was prepared only ...
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... nature seems to have provided for the special purpose of discomfiting pedants . He sees at a glance that Casaubon is a pretentious humbug , and he regards Dorothea with a reverent enthusiasm which is almost too closely allied to worship ...
... nature seems to have provided for the special purpose of discomfiting pedants . He sees at a glance that Casaubon is a pretentious humbug , and he regards Dorothea with a reverent enthusiasm which is almost too closely allied to worship ...
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... nature to love , her recreant lord and master , most sincerely . She had married him , believing that their views exactly accorded : he was an Evangelical of the Evangelicals , and as such she had gloried in becoming his wedded wife ...
... nature to love , her recreant lord and master , most sincerely . She had married him , believing that their views exactly accorded : he was an Evangelical of the Evangelicals , and as such she had gloried in becoming his wedded wife ...
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Page 367 - And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Page 618 - You haste away so soon; As yet the early-rising Sun Has not attain'd his noon. Stay, stay Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having pray'd together, we Will go with you along. We have short time to stay, as you, We have as short a Spring ; As quick a growth to meet decay As you, or any thing.
Page 417 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
Page 441 - I AM the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage.
Page 367 - Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. 12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Page 304 - And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
Page 307 - What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
Page 364 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Page 303 - And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell : 4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
Page 246 - Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, And turneth the shadow of death into the morning, And maketh the day dark with night: That calleth for the waters of the sea, And poureth them out upon the face of the earth : The Lord is his name: That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, So that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.