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... proved successful , award to us the honour of having stood where human being never stood before , we would not climb thither . There have been persons who , in similar localities , climbed higher than prudence sanctioned . They have ...
... proved successful , award to us the honour of having stood where human being never stood before , we would not climb thither . There have been persons who , in similar localities , climbed higher than prudence sanctioned . They have ...
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... proved remunerative to him . War was an evil , in his sight , as it caused much risk , and made marine insurance very high . War was a blessing , in his estimation , because it furnished clever men like himself with favourable ...
... proved remunerative to him . War was an evil , in his sight , as it caused much risk , and made marine insurance very high . War was a blessing , in his estimation , because it furnished clever men like himself with favourable ...
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... prove , when he and his brothers were toiling and struggling to snatch it from the brow of the irresolute Henry , and to preserve it from the grasp of the lion - like Margaret . Besides , he soon learned that fresh struggles awaited him ...
... prove , when he and his brothers were toiling and struggling to snatch it from the brow of the irresolute Henry , and to preserve it from the grasp of the lion - like Margaret . Besides , he soon learned that fresh struggles awaited him ...
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... proved in the end the greater hero . In the plains of Belgium rises the monumental stone , bearing the inscription , " June 18 , 1815. " There is no need that the name of Britain's great Duke should be carved on that stone . It is not ...
... proved in the end the greater hero . In the plains of Belgium rises the monumental stone , bearing the inscription , " June 18 , 1815. " There is no need that the name of Britain's great Duke should be carved on that stone . It is not ...
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... proved unwilling to take the trouble . He would rather in summer - time lean against a gate - post , and gaze vacantly at any man or woman , any horse , cow , or donkey , chancing to pass that way ; and in winter - time sit near the ...
... proved unwilling to take the trouble . He would rather in summer - time lean against a gate - post , and gaze vacantly at any man or woman , any horse , cow , or donkey , chancing to pass that way ; and in winter - time sit near the ...
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Page 60 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not ; for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon...
Page 132 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Page 22 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 61 - Judgment also will I lay to the line, And righteousness to the plummet: And the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
Page 70 - In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part ; For the gods see everywhere.
Page 62 - HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 49 - And he said, This will I do : I will pull down my barns, and build greater ; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. " And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 118 - Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure : for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall : for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ...
Page 163 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Page 132 - We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood.