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... suddenly , indeed , but very gently . He woke one morning , when she woke not , but lay sweetly sleeping the sleep of death . His Sarah was gone , and thenceforth his great hope was to follow her , and be with her again . His spirit was ...
... suddenly , indeed , but very gently . He woke one morning , when she woke not , but lay sweetly sleeping the sleep of death . His Sarah was gone , and thenceforth his great hope was to follow her , and be with her again . His spirit was ...
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... suddenly sacrificed : — not only the little accumulation of interest , but the principal from which it had grown , —and not only that , but more than half of his land had to be sold , to make good the loss for which he had so unhappily ...
... suddenly sacrificed : — not only the little accumulation of interest , but the principal from which it had grown , —and not only that , but more than half of his land had to be sold , to make good the loss for which he had so unhappily ...
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... suddenly uncovered while the parson passed or met them , on his way into the church , his heart yearned towards them both . He thoroughly loved and respected them , and was in a certain way proud of two such specimens of the English ...
... suddenly uncovered while the parson passed or met them , on his way into the church , his heart yearned towards them both . He thoroughly loved and respected them , and was in a certain way proud of two such specimens of the English ...
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... suddenly summoned to the bedside of its apparently dying mother , the child fell from the chair on which it had been hastily left , occasioning injuries the effects of which would remain through life . This last occurrence grievously ...
... suddenly summoned to the bedside of its apparently dying mother , the child fell from the chair on which it had been hastily left , occasioning injuries the effects of which would remain through life . This last occurrence grievously ...
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... suddenly , to await the moment of his friend's departure ; gazing with a sort of fondness at the poor old clock's face : " Good- bye , good - bye , " said he , within himself , " I do not willingly bid thee go ; but go thou must : and ...
... suddenly , to await the moment of his friend's departure ; gazing with a sort of fondness at the poor old clock's face : " Good- bye , good - bye , " said he , within himself , " I do not willingly bid thee go ; but go thou must : and ...
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Page 388 - And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 451 - ... to cause law and justice, in mercy, to be executed in all his judgments ; to maintain the laws of " God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law...
Page 310 - For the Lord will not cast off for ever : but though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
Page 24 - And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
Page 362 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your heart forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Page 24 - And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
Page 129 - Columbia, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil...
Page 131 - ... truly try the issue joined between Our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, and would a true verdict give according to the evidence, so help him God!