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... turn aside from the world , and commune with himself in retirement , will , sometimes at least , hear the truths which the multitude do not tell him . A more sound instructer will lift his voice , and awaken within the heart those ...
... turn aside from the world , and commune with himself in retirement , will , sometimes at least , hear the truths which the multitude do not tell him . A more sound instructer will lift his voice , and awaken within the heart those ...
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... turn , but to point out a remarkable change , which was to take place in his condition ; " The Lord hath shown me , that thou shalt be king over Syria . " In course of time , all that had been predicted came to pass . Hazael ascended ...
... turn , but to point out a remarkable change , which was to take place in his condition ; " The Lord hath shown me , that thou shalt be king over Syria . " In course of time , all that had been predicted came to pass . Hazael ascended ...
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... the old man , " I knowy thy perplexity ; listen to thy father ; turn thine eye on the opposite mountain . " Ortogrul looked , and saw a torrent CL tumbling down the rocks , roaring with the noise of 46 Par 1 . The English Reader.
... the old man , " I knowy thy perplexity ; listen to thy father ; turn thine eye on the opposite mountain . " Ortogrul looked , and saw a torrent CL tumbling down the rocks , roaring with the noise of 46 Par 1 . The English Reader.
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... turn aside , by a numerous crowd of Appetites , Passions , and Pleasures , whose importunity , when once complied with , they became less and less able to resist and though they often returned to the path , the asperities of the road ...
... turn aside , by a numerous crowd of Appetites , Passions , and Pleasures , whose importunity , when once complied with , they became less and less able to resist and though they often returned to the path , the asperities of the road ...
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... turn our eyes upon the gardens of plea- sure . We approach them with scruple and hesitation ; we enter them , but enter timorous and trembling ; and always hope to pass through them without losing the road of virtue , which , for a ...
... turn our eyes upon the gardens of plea- sure . We approach them with scruple and hesitation ; we enter them , but enter timorous and trembling ; and always hope to pass through them without losing the road of virtue , which , for a ...
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Page 230 - Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels : for ye behold Him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle His throne rejoicing ; ye in heaven : On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, Him last, Him midst, and without end.
Page 237 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 209 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 208 - Ye noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life's pressure, yet bear up awhile, And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deem'd Evil, is no more ; The storms of Wintry Time will quickly pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle all.
Page 231 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise. Ye Mists and Exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake, dusky or gray, ' Till the sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold, In honour to the world's great Author rise...
Page 212 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 243 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Page 256 - Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart...
Page 231 - Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep; Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light dispels...
Page 225 - I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own.