The Works of William Smith, D. D.: Late Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia, Volume 1Hugh Maxwell and William Fry, no. 25, North Second-Street, 1803 |
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... scene , till we lead on the soft power of religious melancholy , and feel the virtuous purpose gently rising in our sympathising breasts , thrilling through our inmost frame , and starting into the social eye in generous tears . It ...
... scene , till we lead on the soft power of religious melancholy , and feel the virtuous purpose gently rising in our sympathising breasts , thrilling through our inmost frame , and starting into the social eye in generous tears . It ...
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... scene of folly and danger ; our manhood of care , toil and disappoint- ment . Our old age , if happily we reach old age , is a second childhood . Withered , weak and bowed ' be- neath our infirmities , we become as it were a living ...
... scene of folly and danger ; our manhood of care , toil and disappoint- ment . Our old age , if happily we reach old age , is a second childhood . Withered , weak and bowed ' be- neath our infirmities , we become as it were a living ...
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... things ; and beauty , elegance and strength , one putrid lump ! Surely , if we would think on these , and such things , which ought not to be the less striking for being common , and which render this life a scene 12 SERMON I.
... things ; and beauty , elegance and strength , one putrid lump ! Surely , if we would think on these , and such things , which ought not to be the less striking for being common , and which render this life a scene 12 SERMON I.
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... scene of suffering , a valley of tears , we could not set our hearts much upon it , but should be arrested even in the mid - career of vice , and trembling learn to weigh the moment of things , and secure " the one thing need- ful ...
... scene of suffering , a valley of tears , we could not set our hearts much upon it , but should be arrested even in the mid - career of vice , and trembling learn to weigh the moment of things , and secure " the one thing need- ful ...
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... scene of things is but a very small part of the mighty scheme of Hea- ven ; that our present life is only the dim dawn of our existence ; that we shall shortly put off this load of · Job x . 22 . infirmities and be translated to a state ...
... scene of things is but a very small part of the mighty scheme of Hea- ven ; that our present life is only the dim dawn of our existence ; that we shall shortly put off this load of · Job x . 22 . infirmities and be translated to a state ...
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