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... blessed are the poor in spirit , the meek , and the peace - makers . " Will not these , and such like humbling propositions , delivered one day in seven only , in all the sober and beautiful simplicity of our church , with all the force ...
... blessed are the poor in spirit , the meek , and the peace - makers . " Will not these , and such like humbling propositions , delivered one day in seven only , in all the sober and beautiful simplicity of our church , with all the force ...
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... bless me with a look , Know , my Licinius , That at this moment I am all the daughter ; The filial feelings now possess my soul , And other passions find no entrance there . Lic . O sweet , yet powerful influence of virtue , That charms ...
... bless me with a look , Know , my Licinius , That at this moment I am all the daughter ; The filial feelings now possess my soul , And other passions find no entrance there . Lic . O sweet , yet powerful influence of virtue , That charms ...
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... blessed ; He shall divide the transports of my breast . Pub . Barce , adieu ! Bar . Publius , a moment hear me . Know'st thou the name of Africa's ambassador ? Pub . Hamilcar . Bar . Pub . Son of Hanno ? Yes ! the same . [ Exit . Bar ...
... blessed ; He shall divide the transports of my breast . Pub . Barce , adieu ! Bar . Publius , a moment hear me . Know'st thou the name of Africa's ambassador ? Pub . Hamilcar . Bar . Pub . Son of Hanno ? Yes ! the same . [ Exit . Bar ...
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... would make his state As blessed as nature and the gods designed it . Such gifts , my son , have their alloy of pain , And let th ' unworthy wretch , who will not bear His portion of the public burden , lose Th ' 38 THE INFLEXIBLE CAPTIVE .
... would make his state As blessed as nature and the gods designed it . Such gifts , my son , have their alloy of pain , And let th ' unworthy wretch , who will not bear His portion of the public burden , lose Th ' 38 THE INFLEXIBLE CAPTIVE .
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Hannah More . Might tempt the most severe and cautious virtue . Blessed be the gods , who gild my latter days With the ... bless the consul with thy friendship ? Reg . If thou wilt love me , love me like a Roman . These are the terms on ...
Hannah More . Might tempt the most severe and cautious virtue . Blessed be the gods , who gild my latter days With the ... bless the consul with thy friendship ? Reg . If thou wilt love me , love me like a Roman . These are the terms on ...
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Page 238 - A new commandment give I unto you, that ye love one another.
Page 120 - To drive the deer with hound and horn Earl Percy took his way ; The child may rue that is unborn The hunting of that day.
Page 247 - It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? but the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 183 - THOU SHALT NOT COVET; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF. Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 315 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 270 - For this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I might bear witness unto the truth.
Page 264 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God " with all thy heart, and with all thy mind, and with " all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and thy
Page 192 - ... been so begun hath been blessed and prosperous to me; and, on the other side, when I have been negligent of the duties of this day, the rest of the week...
Page 387 - Degraded by the form to which 'tis join'd ? No; they have heads to think, and hearts to feel, And souls to act, with firm though erring zeal ; For they have keen affections, kind desires, Love strong as death, and active patriot fires ; All the rude energy, the fervid flame, Of high-soul'd passion and ingenuous shame : Strong but luxuriant virtues boldly shoot From the wild vigour of a savage root.
Page 379 - Unprompted moral! sudden sense of right! Perception exquisite! fair virtue's seed! Thou quick precursor of the liberal deed ! Thou hasty conscience! reason's blushing morn ! Instinctive kindness ere reflection's born! Prompt sense of equity! to thee belongs The swift redress of unexamined wrongs!