Short Discourses, to be Read in Families, Volume 1printed and sold for the author by M. Gye, 1809 |
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... pleasing than to see a combination of greatness and goodness in the same character . And nothing can be more useful . The higher classes have more opportunities and capacities for doing good than others . They are like a city set upon a ...
... pleasing than to see a combination of greatness and goodness in the same character . And nothing can be more useful . The higher classes have more opportunities and capacities for doing good than others . They are like a city set upon a ...
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... pleasing and durable it may appear as only a temporary residence - a shelter of accommoda- tion for a traveller . " Soon shall I be called to " leave this dwelling - I am going the way of all the earth - Soon shall I ascend these stairs ...
... pleasing and durable it may appear as only a temporary residence - a shelter of accommoda- tion for a traveller . " Soon shall I be called to " leave this dwelling - I am going the way of all the earth - Soon shall I ascend these stairs ...
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... pleasing emotions associate themselves with the idea of a sabbath ! -our charming poet therefore has not forgotten to notice the want of this in the lines supposed to have been written by Alexander Selkirk , in his solitude " But the ...
... pleasing emotions associate themselves with the idea of a sabbath ! -our charming poet therefore has not forgotten to notice the want of this in the lines supposed to have been written by Alexander Selkirk , in his solitude " But the ...
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... pleasing to good men - very dread- ful to sinners - and very edifying to all . First , it is very pleasing to good men . Hence when David had been considering the omniscience of God as compassing his path and his lying down , and as ...
... pleasing to good men - very dread- ful to sinners - and very edifying to all . First , it is very pleasing to good men . Hence when David had been considering the omniscience of God as compassing his path and his lying down , and as ...
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... pleasing re- flection when I feel those infirmities which make me groan . He sees grace however small ; he sees the disadvantages of my situation , the influence of the body over the mind , and of sensible things over the body ; he sees ...
... pleasing re- flection when I feel those infirmities which make me groan . He sees grace however small ; he sees the disadvantages of my situation , the influence of the body over the mind , and of sensible things over the body ; he sees ...
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