Good words, ed. by N. MacleodNorman Macleod 1867 |
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... sure . ' " I can guess at it , old fellow . Come , come , don't think to humbug me . You know as well as I do that you don't believe a word of it . I don't mean you want to cheat me or anyone else . believe you're above that . But you ...
... sure . ' " I can guess at it , old fellow . Come , come , don't think to humbug me . You know as well as I do that you don't believe a word of it . I don't mean you want to cheat me or anyone else . believe you're above that . But you ...
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... sure to be absent . " No one was absent , however , and number thirteen was the standing subject of the jokes of the evening , especially as the thirteenth was late , in the person of Mr. Wither , whom Mr. Boxall had invited out " But ...
... sure to be absent . " No one was absent , however , and number thirteen was the standing subject of the jokes of the evening , especially as the thirteenth was late , in the person of Mr. Wither , whom Mr. Boxall had invited out " But ...
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... sure , grannie , you're always kind to him when he comes . " 9 " I'm civil to him , child . Who could help it ? Such a fine handsome fellow ! And has got very winning ways with him , too ! That's the mischief of it ! I always had a soft ...
... sure , grannie , you're always kind to him when he comes . " 9 " I'm civil to him , child . Who could help it ? Such a fine handsome fellow ! And has got very winning ways with him , too ! That's the mischief of it ! I always had a soft ...
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... sure to express departure from rule , which " abnormal ' " does . Thus far its use is justified , and even the old- fashioned lady could hardly complain but the mischief is that the apes of novelty have come to substitute it for ...
... sure to express departure from rule , which " abnormal ' " does . Thus far its use is justified , and even the old- fashioned lady could hardly complain but the mischief is that the apes of novelty have come to substitute it for ...
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... sure of arriving at all . " I have one or two more illustrations of the blunder of using one word when another is meant . In a well - known novel by one of our most popular writers , we read : " He had not learned the heart ( sic ) of ...
... sure of arriving at all . " I have one or two more illustrations of the blunder of using one word when another is meant . In a well - known novel by one of our most popular writers , we read : " He had not learned the heart ( sic ) of ...
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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.