Good words, ed. by N. MacleodNorman Macleod 1867 |
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... seemed to come from far - off shores , but came really from a bloodless , nerveless chest , that had nothing to do with life , save to yield up the ghost in eternal security , and send it safe out of it . He seemed to recognize none of ...
... seemed to come from far - off shores , but came really from a bloodless , nerveless chest , that had nothing to do with life , save to yield up the ghost in eternal security , and send it safe out of it . He seemed to recognize none of ...
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... seemed unaware of the old woman's entrance . When she spoke to her , she started and rose . " So you're come home , Lucy , and searching the fire for a wishing - cap , as usual ! " said the old lady , cheerily . The girl did not reply ...
... seemed unaware of the old woman's entrance . When she spoke to her , she started and rose . " So you're come home , Lucy , and searching the fire for a wishing - cap , as usual ! " said the old lady , cheerily . The girl did not reply ...
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... seemed perplexed and hesitant , while to the sufferers above every moment was a little eternity of terror ; and it was just when all hope for them appeared to be gone , that Davies , who had been standing as a spectator , voluntarily ...
... seemed perplexed and hesitant , while to the sufferers above every moment was a little eternity of terror ; and it was just when all hope for them appeared to be gone , that Davies , who had been standing as a spectator , voluntarily ...
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... seemed a wild land enough that we were coming to , when , that Wednesday night , we were tumbled out of the railway carriage and rumbled in the dim dusk across Bideford Bridge ; while peering out of the omnibus window we had a view of a ...
... seemed a wild land enough that we were coming to , when , that Wednesday night , we were tumbled out of the railway carriage and rumbled in the dim dusk across Bideford Bridge ; while peering out of the omnibus window we had a view of a ...
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... seemed to belong to this life , everything to the life beyond - the life unto which King Arthur and all his knights , with all their medieval successors , had silently passed , as we too are passing . Abierunt ad plures . Only " the ...
... seemed to belong to this life , everything to the life beyond - the life unto which King Arthur and all his knights , with all their medieval successors , had silently passed , as we too are passing . Abierunt ad plures . Only " the ...
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Popular passages
Page 60 - Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Page 132 - God, but the doers of the law shall be justified : for when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves : which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Page 24 - There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Page 24 - What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. 49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
Page 196 - TEN thousand times ten thousand In sparkling raiment bright, The armies of the ransomed saints Throng up the steeps of light : 'Tis finished ! all is finished, Their fight with death and sin : Fling open wide the golden gates, And let the victors in.
Page 417 - For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in CHRIST shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order : CHRIST the firstfruits ; afterward they that are CHRIST'S at His coming.
Page 417 - But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Page 417 - Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to GOD, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Page 330 - For contemplation he and valour formed, For softness she and sweet attractive grace, He for God only, she for God in him...
Page 102 - the Gentiles shall come to her light, and kings to the brightness of her rising.