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... leaf shall not wither , " | then should our groves and gardens at times suggest to us those happier instances of moral ... leaves of the Sibyl , stirred by the breath of fame - are still sounding in the ear of their posterity . Remember ...
... leaf shall not wither , " | then should our groves and gardens at times suggest to us those happier instances of moral ... leaves of the Sibyl , stirred by the breath of fame - are still sounding in the ear of their posterity . Remember ...
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... leaves me , I would ever awake with God ; my first thoughts are for Him , who hath made the night for rest , and the day for travail ; and as he gives , so blesses both . If my heart be early seasoned with his presence , it will savour ...
... leaves me , I would ever awake with God ; my first thoughts are for Him , who hath made the night for rest , and the day for travail ; and as he gives , so blesses both . If my heart be early seasoned with his presence , it will savour ...
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... leaf on the same plant , and consequently of the leaves of every plant of the same species ; but this is all . The elm , for example , has its peculiar leaf , bark , and adjustment of branches , so that it cannot be mistaken for the oak ...
... leaf on the same plant , and consequently of the leaves of every plant of the same species ; but this is all . The elm , for example , has its peculiar leaf , bark , and adjustment of branches , so that it cannot be mistaken for the oak ...
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... leaves . Humboldt , who , with M. Bonpland , dis- covered in the thick mountain forests of these regions several species of arbores- cent ferns unknown to earlier botanists , thus remarks on them : " We observed that the ferns in ...
... leaves . Humboldt , who , with M. Bonpland , dis- covered in the thick mountain forests of these regions several species of arbores- cent ferns unknown to earlier botanists , thus remarks on them : " We observed that the ferns in ...
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... leaves , or fronds , uncut at their edges . It would , however , be easily known as a fern , by its thin , crisp ... leaf , slanting inwards towards the middle rib or vein , which is a continuation of the leaf - stalk . This fern is ...
... leaves , or fronds , uncut at their edges . It would , however , be easily known as a fern , by its thin , crisp ... leaf , slanting inwards towards the middle rib or vein , which is a continuation of the leaf - stalk . This fern is ...
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Page 148 - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour ; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 136 - For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment ; and ye nave respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place...
Page 258 - When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. 59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
Page 187 - Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her; O woman, great is thy faith; be it unto thee even as thou wilt.
Page 187 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 188 - THUS saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: Where is the house that ye build unto me? And where is the place of my rest ? For all those things hath mine hand made, And all those things have been, saith the Lord: But to this man will I look, Even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, And trembleth at my word.
Page 100 - The depth saith, It is not in me : And the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 376 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 219 - How long wilt thou sleep, 0 sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 219 - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.