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... thing to do . Money was still to be acquired . Whilst the blood of the noble , the fair , the royal , and afterwards of all classes , deluged the squares and market - places of the French metropolis , there was still profit to be made ...
... thing to do . Money was still to be acquired . Whilst the blood of the noble , the fair , the royal , and afterwards of all classes , deluged the squares and market - places of the French metropolis , there was still profit to be made ...
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... things . Some are , doubtless , especially adapted to profit by one , and others to be benefited by other kinds of study . There are , however , certain general rules which will aid each and all in this form of climbing . Never search ...
... things . Some are , doubtless , especially adapted to profit by one , and others to be benefited by other kinds of study . There are , however , certain general rules which will aid each and all in this form of climbing . Never search ...
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... have the obeisance of most ; yet is he offensive to God . Such placing of the affections on earthly things is foolish , no less than wicked . The reversion of woe which is thereby ensured may be delayed , yet is certain . 48 CLIMBING .
... have the obeisance of most ; yet is he offensive to God . Such placing of the affections on earthly things is foolish , no less than wicked . The reversion of woe which is thereby ensured may be delayed , yet is certain . 48 CLIMBING .
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... things shall be added unto you . " He who knew the perils to which we are exposed said , " The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plenti- fully and he thought within himself , saying , What shall I do , because I have no room ...
... things shall be added unto you . " He who knew the perils to which we are exposed said , " The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plenti- fully and he thought within himself , saying , What shall I do , because I have no room ...
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... thing towards relieving the wretchedness and want around us . That which we have occasionally wasted would have been greatly prized by the utterly indigent . Even if we have many desires ungratified , there are those whose necessities ...
... thing towards relieving the wretchedness and want around us . That which we have occasionally wasted would have been greatly prized by the utterly indigent . Even if we have many desires ungratified , there are those whose necessities ...
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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.