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... lives . " " Those evil spirits , who , by long custom , have contracted in the body ha- bits of lust and sensuality ; malice ' , and revenge ' ; an aversion to every thing that is good ' , just ' , and laudable ' , are naturally ...
... lives . " " Those evil spirits , who , by long custom , have contracted in the body ha- bits of lust and sensuality ; malice ' , and revenge ' ; an aversion to every thing that is good ' , just ' , and laudable ' , are naturally ...
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... Lives ' through all life " ; extends ' through all extent , Spreads ' undivided " , operates ' unspent . ' Before the conclusion of this introduction , the complier takes the liberty to recommend to teachers , to exercise their pupils ...
... Lives ' through all life " ; extends ' through all extent , Spreads ' undivided " , operates ' unspent . ' Before the conclusion of this introduction , the complier takes the liberty to recommend to teachers , to exercise their pupils ...
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... live well to - day , ( says Martial , ) will be less qualified to live well to - morrow . Can we esteem that man prosperous , who is raised to a situation which flatters his passions , but which corrupts his principles , disorders his ...
... live well to - day , ( says Martial , ) will be less qualified to live well to - morrow . Can we esteem that man prosperous , who is raised to a situation which flatters his passions , but which corrupts his principles , disorders his ...
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... lives with his own faults and follies always before him ; and who has none to reconcile him to himself by praise and vene- ration . I have long sought content , and have not found it ; I will from this moment endeavour to be rich . " 6 ...
... lives with his own faults and follies always before him ; and who has none to reconcile him to himself by praise and vene- ration . I have long sought content , and have not found it ; I will from this moment endeavour to be rich . " 6 ...
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... lives with horror , with sorrow , with repentance ; and wish , but too often vainly wish , that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue . 18 Happy are they , my son , who shall learn from thy ex- ample , not to despair ; but shall ...
... lives with horror , with sorrow , with repentance ; and wish , but too often vainly wish , that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue . 18 Happy are they , my son , who shall learn from thy ex- ample , not to despair ; but shall ...
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Page 200 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Page 223 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 23 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Page 230 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Page 224 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale; And nightly, to the listening Earth, Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 200 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 242 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name : Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point : This kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heaven bestows on thee. Submit. In this or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing power, Or in the natal or the mortal hour.
Page 229 - Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar: Wait the great teacher, death, and God adore! What future bliss he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest.
Page 245 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around, Sustaining all yon orbs, and all their suns; From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.
Page 198 - At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same.