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... comfort of our gracious Sovereign ; while they improve the minds , and con- tribute to the felicity of your illus- trious offspring ; they may , at the same time , successfully exert their A 3 power power in forming the public man- ners ...
... comfort of our gracious Sovereign ; while they improve the minds , and con- tribute to the felicity of your illus- trious offspring ; they may , at the same time , successfully exert their A 3 power power in forming the public man- ners ...
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... comfort or security in human society . Men would become hordes of savages , perpetually ha- rassing one another . In one way or other , therefore , the great duties of social life must be performed . There must be among man- kind some ...
... comfort or security in human society . Men would become hordes of savages , perpetually ha- rassing one another . In one way or other , therefore , the great duties of social life must be performed . There must be among man- kind some ...
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... comforts , of others . If he command not these advantages , yet all the comforts which he sees in the possession of the deserving , become in some sort his , by his rejoicing in the good which they enjoy . Even the face of nature yields ...
... comforts , of others . If he command not these advantages , yet all the comforts which he sees in the possession of the deserving , become in some sort his , by his rejoicing in the good which they enjoy . Even the face of nature yields ...
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... comfort in old age . That is a period which all expect and hope to see ; and to which , amidst the toils of the world , men sometimes look for- ward , not without satisfaction , as to the period of retreat and rest . But let them not ...
... comfort in old age . That is a period which all expect and hope to see ; and to which , amidst the toils of the world , men sometimes look for- ward , not without satisfaction , as to the period of retreat and rest . But let them not ...
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... , had been living in comfort and peace , are suddenly shattered by some of their most beloved or respected members being torn from them ; when the husband V. SERMON husband or the spouse are separated for ever On Death . 91.
... , had been living in comfort and peace , are suddenly shattered by some of their most beloved or respected members being torn from them ; when the husband V. SERMON husband or the spouse are separated for ever On Death . 91.
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Popular passages
Page 327 - Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Page 322 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 221 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed...
Page 52 - Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near...
Page 126 - And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Page 391 - For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 2 - Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
Page 370 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help...
Page 42 - Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Page 170 - But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.