American Prose: Selections, with Critical Introductions by Various WritersGeorge Rice Carpenter Macmillan Company, 1898 - 465 páginas |
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... Respect unto me and mine : The Lord hath given , and the Lord hath taken ; blessed be the Name of the Lord ! Nevertheless , retiring hereupon into the Chamber where his Daughter then lay Sick , some Tears were observed falling from him ...
... Respect unto me and mine : The Lord hath given , and the Lord hath taken ; blessed be the Name of the Lord ! Nevertheless , retiring hereupon into the Chamber where his Daughter then lay Sick , some Tears were observed falling from him ...
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... Respect whereunto he once used these Words , God will curse that Man's Labours , that lumbers up and down in the World all the Week , and then upon Saturday in the Afternoon goes to his Study ; whereas God knows , that Time were little ...
... Respect whereunto he once used these Words , God will curse that Man's Labours , that lumbers up and down in the World all the Week , and then upon Saturday in the Afternoon goes to his Study ; whereas God knows , that Time were little ...
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... respects they are enemies to God . 1. Their enmity appears in their judgments ; in the judgment and esteem they have of God ... respect they may pretend and make a show of towards God , if their practice be examined , it will show , that ...
... respects they are enemies to God . 1. Their enmity appears in their judgments ; in the judgment and esteem they have of God ... respect they may pretend and make a show of towards God , if their practice be examined , it will show , that ...
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... respect , not worthy to be much taken notice of . 15 . The language of their heart is , " Who is the Lord , that I should obey his voice ? " Exod . v . 2. " What is the Almighty , that we should serve him ? and what profit should we ...
... respect , not worthy to be much taken notice of . 15 . The language of their heart is , " Who is the Lord , that I should obey his voice ? " Exod . v . 2. " What is the Almighty , that we should serve him ? and what profit should we ...
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... respects : 1. Christ's peace is a reasonable peace and rest of soul ; it is what has its foundation in light and knowledge , in the proper exer- cises of reason , and a right view of things ; whereas the peace of the world is founded in ...
... respects : 1. Christ's peace is a reasonable peace and rest of soul ; it is what has its foundation in light and knowledge , in the proper exer- cises of reason , and a right view of things ; whereas the peace of the world is founded in ...
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Página 259 - I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Página 34 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Página 78 - Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected ; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise ; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Página 192 - The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.
Página 20 - They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. Therefore they say unto God, "Depart from us ; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. "What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Página 259 - ... \In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it.
Página 129 - ... be some one of the neighborhood in need of his assistance, he hastened down to yield it. On nearer approach he was still more surprised at the singularity of the stranger's appearance. He was a short square-built old fellow, with thick bushy hair, and a grizzled beard.
Página 104 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Página 37 - And again, Three removes are as bad as a fire ; and again, Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee ; and again, If you would have your business done, go ; if not, send. And again — He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
Página 80 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them...