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... observe what the substance is , of these three or four hundred Parliamentary words , so reported . First . That an evil which has been exaggerated ought not to be prevented . Secondly . That at present we punish honest men as much as ...
... observe what the substance is , of these three or four hundred Parliamentary words , so reported . First . That an evil which has been exaggerated ought not to be prevented . Secondly . That at present we punish honest men as much as ...
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... observe , are to be young people , bred on old estates ; my commandants will be veteran soldiers ; and it will be soon perceived that pride based on servitude to the will of another is far loftier and happier than pride based on ...
... observe , are to be young people , bred on old estates ; my commandants will be veteran soldiers ; and it will be soon perceived that pride based on servitude to the will of another is far loftier and happier than pride based on ...
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... observe the principle of classing and concord in the acquisition of wealth ; and will not , because the mob beatify him , increase his endless load of wealth to his own infinite harm ? ' ' I think not , ' he said . ' He will look at the ...
... observe the principle of classing and concord in the acquisition of wealth ; and will not , because the mob beatify him , increase his endless load of wealth to his own infinite harm ? ' ' I think not , ' he said . ' He will look at the ...
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... observe ) ; making bargains far away for you , and many another Saunders Mucklebackit , just as your wife makes them , up the hill at Monkbarns ; and no more buying the fish , to sell again , than she.1 7. " Well , but where could we ...
... observe ) ; making bargains far away for you , and many another Saunders Mucklebackit , just as your wife makes them , up the hill at Monkbarns ; and no more buying the fish , to sell again , than she.1 7. " Well , but where could we ...
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... observe I do not reckon my Fors Eel to be of Bolsena ; I put it at the modest price of a soldo a pound , or English tenpence . One cannot be precise in such estimates ; -one can only obtain rude approximations . Suppose , for instance ...
... observe I do not reckon my Fors Eel to be of Bolsena ; I put it at the modest price of a soldo a pound , or English tenpence . One cannot be precise in such estimates ; -one can only obtain rude approximations . Suppose , for instance ...
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Page 589 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD ; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Page 250 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page 414 - Likewise, .ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life ; that your prayers be not hindered.
Page 308 - There was an old woman who lived In a shoe, She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.
Page 215 - Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein : Then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice Before the LORD : for HE cometh, For HE cometh to judge the earth : HE shall judge the world with righteousness, And the people with his truth.
Page 176 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Page 327 - For if the word spoken by Angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation ; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him...
Page 324 - And when the Chief Priests and Scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David...
Page 449 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 396 - We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith, and not for our own works or deservings. Wherefore, that we are justified by Faith only, is a most wholesome Doctrine, and very full of comfort, as more largely is expressed in the Homily of Justification.