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Page 3411
... seemed to come nearer and nearer . But when they were come even almost at him , he cried out with a most vehement voice , I will walk in the strength of the Lord God . So they gave back , and came no farther . One thing I would not let ...
... seemed to come nearer and nearer . But when they were come even almost at him , he cried out with a most vehement voice , I will walk in the strength of the Lord God . So they gave back , and came no farther . One thing I would not let ...
Page 3415
... seemed bar- barians each to the other . ( 1 Cor . 2 : 7 , 8. ) Thirdly , But that which did not a little amuse the mer- chandisers was that these pilgrims set very light by all their wares . They cared not so much as to look upon them ...
... seemed bar- barians each to the other . ( 1 Cor . 2 : 7 , 8. ) Thirdly , But that which did not a little amuse the mer- chandisers was that these pilgrims set very light by all their wares . They cared not so much as to look upon them ...
Page 3416
... seemed confederates , and should be made partakers of their misfortunes . The others replied that , for aught they could see , the men were quiet and sober , and intended nobody any harm ; and that there were many that traded in their ...
... seemed confederates , and should be made partakers of their misfortunes . The others replied that , for aught they could see , the men were quiet and sober , and intended nobody any harm ; and that there were many that traded in their ...
Page 3426
... seemed for doing it ; but Hopeful made his second reply , as followeth : - Hopeful My brother , said he , rememberest thou not how valiant thou hast been heretofore ? Apollyon could not crush thee , nor could all that thou didst hear ...
... seemed for doing it ; but Hopeful made his second reply , as followeth : - Hopeful My brother , said he , rememberest thou not how valiant thou hast been heretofore ? Apollyon could not crush thee , nor could all that thou didst hear ...
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... seemed they had never been parted , and again , as if they had been ages asunder . ) " I always thought you had no vocation that way ; and that ' twas a pity to shut you out from the world . You would but have pined and chafed at Castle ...
... seemed they had never been parted , and again , as if they had been ages asunder . ) " I always thought you had no vocation that way ; and that ' twas a pity to shut you out from the world . You would but have pined and chafed at Castle ...
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Page 3504 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shaft glorify me.
Page 3499 - How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But alas!
Page 3693 - An heir of glory ! a frail child of dust ! Helpless immortal ! insect infinite ! A worm ! a god ! — I tremble at myself, And in myself am lost...
Page 3816 - When Music, heavenly maid, was young, While yet in early Greece she sung, The Passions oft, to hear her shell, Thronged around her magic cell...
Page 3487 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Page 3450 - KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer...
Page 3463 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival...
Page 3688 - ... of the quorum. The whole parish followed the corpse with heavy hearts and in their mourning suits; the men in frieze, and the women in riding-hoods. Captain Sentry, my master's nephew, has taken possession of the Hall-house, and the whole estate. When my old master saw him, a little before his death, he shook him by the hand, and wished him joy of the estate. which was falling to him, desiring him only to make...
Page 3428 - In happy climes, where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of Art by Nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true : In happy climes, the seat of innocence...
Page 3464 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trapdoors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. ' The genius seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it : " Take thine eyes off the bridge," said he, " and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up,