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... just as a fword kills no one of itfelf , but is the inftrument in the hand of him that killeth . Riches therefore of themselves do not hurt a man , though they may prove the cause of his being hurt . Pofidonius , I think , argues better ...
... just as a fword kills no one of itfelf , but is the inftrument in the hand of him that killeth . Riches therefore of themselves do not hurt a man , though they may prove the cause of his being hurt . Pofidonius , I think , argues better ...
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... just , more liberal ? Sed -- Non animum metu , Non mortis laqueis expedient caput . Hor . Od . iii . 24. 8 . -Not all thy wealth fhall fave Thy mind from fear , or body from the grave . Creech . But after all , fays Clemens , unless ...
... just , more liberal ? Sed -- Non animum metu , Non mortis laqueis expedient caput . Hor . Od . iii . 24. 8 . -Not all thy wealth fhall fave Thy mind from fear , or body from the grave . Creech . But after all , fays Clemens , unless ...
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... just proportion , fprung up with the luxury of after - ages .. ( Nam primis cuneis fciendebant fiffile lignum . ) . Virg , G. i . 146 . Then faws were tooth'd and founding axes made , ( For wedges firft did yielding wood invade ...
... just proportion , fprung up with the luxury of after - ages .. ( Nam primis cuneis fciendebant fiffile lignum . ) . Virg , G. i . 146 . Then faws were tooth'd and founding axes made , ( For wedges firft did yielding wood invade ...
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... just proportion , fprung up with the luxury of after - ages . ( Nam primis cuneis fciendebant fiffile lignum . ) Virg , G. i . 146 . Then faws were tooth'd and founding axes made , ( For wedges firft did yielding wood invade . ) Dryden ...
... just proportion , fprung up with the luxury of after - ages . ( Nam primis cuneis fciendebant fiffile lignum . ) Virg , G. i . 146 . Then faws were tooth'd and founding axes made , ( For wedges firft did yielding wood invade . ) Dryden ...
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... Just and unjust recording in their mind , And with fure eyes infpecting all mankind . Pope . There is none but he Whofe being I do fear : and under him My Genius is rebuked ; as it is faid Antony's was by Cæfar's.Shakespear- See the ...
... Just and unjust recording in their mind , And with fure eyes infpecting all mankind . Pope . There is none but he Whofe being I do fear : and under him My Genius is rebuked ; as it is faid Antony's was by Cæfar's.Shakespear- See the ...
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Page 161 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 182 - I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 145 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 181 - And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it : and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
Page 145 - Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Page 85 - A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil : for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Page 196 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Page 140 - ... and dangers of the air and the earth, there are perils by water and perils by fire. This...
Page 140 - ... and virtuous men ; as may enable us to encounter the accidents of life with fortitude, and to conform ourfelves to the order of nature, who governs her great kingdom, the world, by continual mutations.
Page 148 - I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.