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... Happiness - Necessity of a Divine Reve- lation . CHAP . XX . Wonderful Preservation of the Sacred Scriptures Their unspeakable Value - Blessed Effects produced by them - Disingenuousness and Ingratitude of the Infidel - His Cheerless ...
... Happiness - Necessity of a Divine Reve- lation . CHAP . XX . Wonderful Preservation of the Sacred Scriptures Their unspeakable Value - Blessed Effects produced by them - Disingenuousness and Ingratitude of the Infidel - His Cheerless ...
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... happiness which blesses his native shore . Our departures from , and returns to , this place , were frequent , though we usually remained several weeks at a time . I shall therefore , to avoid tediousness and unne- cessary repetitions ...
... happiness which blesses his native shore . Our departures from , and returns to , this place , were frequent , though we usually remained several weeks at a time . I shall therefore , to avoid tediousness and unne- cessary repetitions ...
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... happiness of prince and people are inseparable and reci- procal , and the only true system of govern- ment . The most airy and pleasant parts of Lisbon are in the direction of Buenos Ayres , which is situated on an eminence rather ...
... happiness of prince and people are inseparable and reci- procal , and the only true system of govern- ment . The most airy and pleasant parts of Lisbon are in the direction of Buenos Ayres , which is situated on an eminence rather ...
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... happiness to experience the blessings of those mutual checks , with which Great Britain is bles- sed , which conduce so much to the happi- ness of king and subjects . The treasures of America are , if possible , regularly imported every ...
... happiness to experience the blessings of those mutual checks , with which Great Britain is bles- sed , which conduce so much to the happi- ness of king and subjects . The treasures of America are , if possible , regularly imported every ...
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... happiness or misery ! ) You know it is in direct opposition to that all merciful God , who hath saved your lives from so many deaths ; for instead of thanksgiving to your gracious Benefactor , and prayers for 8la ་ to repent , and flee ...
... happiness or misery ! ) You know it is in direct opposition to that all merciful God , who hath saved your lives from so many deaths ; for instead of thanksgiving to your gracious Benefactor , and prayers for 8la ་ to repent , and flee ...
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Page 309 - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Page 236 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Page 124 - And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux : to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
Page 119 - Whatever fruits in different climes are found, That proudly rise, or humbly court the ground ; Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land.
Page 120 - ... nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ; Though poor, luxurious ; though submissive, vain ; Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And even in penance planning sins anew.
Page 215 - shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession ; " when " the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Page 306 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 226 - In all my ways Thy hand I own, Thy ruling providence I see ; Assist me still my course to run, And still direct my paths to Thee. 3. Whither, O whither should I fly, But to my loving Saviour's breast ! Secure within Thine arms to lie, And safe beneath Thy wings to rest.
Page 308 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
Page 116 - But there is yet a liberty unsung By poets, and by senators unpraised, Which monarchs cannot grant, nor all the powers Of Earth and Hell confederate take away : A liberty, which persecution, fraud, Oppression, prisons have no power to bind ; Which whoso tastes can be enslaved no more.