Devotions, by J. Donne. With two sermons. i. On the decease of lady Danvers. ii. Death's duel. To which is prefixed, his life, by I. Walton1840 |
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... hath been observed by wise and considering men , that wealth hath seldom been the portion , and never the mark , to discover good people ; but that Almighty God , who disposeth all things wisely , hath of his abundant goodness denied it ...
... hath been observed by wise and considering men , that wealth hath seldom been the portion , and never the mark , to discover good people ; but that Almighty God , who disposeth all things wisely , hath of his abundant goodness denied it ...
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... hath blessed with perfect intellectuals and a cheerful heart at the age of ninety - four years ( and is yet living ) ; one , that in his days of plenty , had so large a heart as to use his large revenue to the encourage- ment of ...
... hath blessed with perfect intellectuals and a cheerful heart at the age of ninety - four years ( and is yet living ) ; one , that in his days of plenty , had so large a heart as to use his large revenue to the encourage- ment of ...
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... hath prompted me to such an inquisition after your present temporal estate , as makes me no stranger to your necessities , which I know to be such as your generous spirit could not bear , if it were not sup- ported with a pious patience ...
... hath prompted me to such an inquisition after your present temporal estate , as makes me no stranger to your necessities , which I know to be such as your generous spirit could not bear , if it were not sup- ported with a pious patience ...
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... hath been such as would exceed even my grati- tude , but that it cannot do , and more I cannot return you ; and I do that with a heart full of humility and thanks , though I may not accept of your offer . But , sir , my refusal is not ...
... hath been such as would exceed even my grati- tude , but that it cannot do , and more I cannot return you ; and I do that with a heart full of humility and thanks , though I may not accept of your offer . But , sir , my refusal is not ...
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... hath made me such , as that I am rather a sickness or a disease of the world , than any part of it , and therefore neither love it nor life ; yet I would gladly live to become some such thing as you should not repent loving me . Sir ...
... hath made me such , as that I am rather a sickness or a disease of the world , than any part of it , and therefore neither love it nor life ; yet I would gladly live to become some such thing as you should not repent loving me . Sir ...
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Page 33 - The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger : But they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
Page 54 - Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
Page lxii - A Hymn to God the Father Wilt Thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which was my sin, though it were done before? Wilt Thou forgive that sin, through which I run, And do run still, though still I do deplore? When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done, For I have more.
Page xli - Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th
Page 135 - Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
Page 185 - And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels...
Page 102 - ... any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee!
Page 121 - Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
Page 165 - For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Page lxii - Others to sin, and made my sin their door? Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score? *° When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more. I have a sin of fear, that when I have spun My last thread, I shall perish on the shore...