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... night to stars , woe lustre gives to man . Young . Aromatic plants bestow No spicy fragrance while they grow ; But , crush'd or trodden to the ground , Diffuse their balmy sweets around . Goldsmith . AFFLICTION - Graces multiply by ...
... night to stars , woe lustre gives to man . Young . Aromatic plants bestow No spicy fragrance while they grow ; But , crush'd or trodden to the ground , Diffuse their balmy sweets around . Goldsmith . AFFLICTION - Graces multiply by ...
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... night's sleep in his life . 5. Two violent fevers , and two " deep consumptions . These , it is true , " he adds , " were rough medicines ; but they were of admirable service , causing my flesh to come again , as the flesh of a little ...
... night's sleep in his life . 5. Two violent fevers , and two " deep consumptions . These , it is true , " he adds , " were rough medicines ; but they were of admirable service , causing my flesh to come again , as the flesh of a little ...
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... night before the children go to bed . I have done it because it has a good in- fluence on the children , and because I hope it may have a good influence on myself . Last night I went to Lodge ' ( he is a Mason ) , and did not get home ...
... night before the children go to bed . I have done it because it has a good in- fluence on the children , and because I hope it may have a good influence on myself . Last night I went to Lodge ' ( he is a Mason ) , and did not get home ...
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... night , Devoid of sense and motion ? ANNIHILATION - No . Milton . We have no reason to infer , from any thing we can discover in creation , the utter annihilation of anything . Death is but the prelude to new life , and decay to re ...
... night , Devoid of sense and motion ? ANNIHILATION - No . Milton . We have no reason to infer , from any thing we can discover in creation , the utter annihilation of anything . Death is but the prelude to new life , and decay to re ...
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... night , to save a sixpence in chair hire . If the duke , who left at his death more than a million and a half sterling , could have foreseen that all his wealth and honours were to be inherited by a grandson of my Lord Trevor's , who ...
... night , to save a sixpence in chair hire . If the duke , who left at his death more than a million and a half sterling , could have foreseen that all his wealth and honours were to be inherited by a grandson of my Lord Trevor's , who ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
A. A. Hodge angels Anon Anthony Burgess Archdeacon Hare Arminius beauty believe Bible blessed blood body C. H. Spurgeon called child Christian Church comfort conscience creatures darkness death Divine doth duty dying earth eternal evil faith Father fear feel fire flowers fruit fulness give glory God's godliness gold Gospel grace H. W. Beecher hand happy hath heart heaven holy Holy Spirit honour hope human Ibid J. H. Wilson Jehovah Jesus Christ Jews John Bate king labour light live look Lord man's ment mercy mind moral mountain nature ness never night peace perfect person prayer racter religion replied rest righteousness Saviour Scripture shine sinner sins sorrow soul speak Spirit stars sweet thee things thou thought throne tion tree true truth unto virtue Whitecross word
Passagens conhecidas
Página 327 - Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? — God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
Página 187 - Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom...
Página 294 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Página 237 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Página 239 - Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song...
Página 329 - If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me, Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Página 195 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted...
Página 369 - The appearance, instantaneously disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendor — without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted...
Página 195 - And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem...
Página 267 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?