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... hope , the deathless sting , that refines the torment of the finally impenitent and lost . It is that undying worm ... hope on and hope ever . Then you will have a sheet anchor to your soul , that will enable you to out- ride the storms ...
... hope , the deathless sting , that refines the torment of the finally impenitent and lost . It is that undying worm ... hope on and hope ever . Then you will have a sheet anchor to your soul , that will enable you to out- ride the storms ...
Page 65
... hope in the first ; the patient would soon become weary of the last , and die of ennui . Reader , if envy is rankling in your bosom , declare war against it at once ; a war of extermination ; no truce , no treaty , no compromise . Like ...
... hope in the first ; the patient would soon become weary of the last , and die of ennui . Reader , if envy is rankling in your bosom , declare war against it at once ; a war of extermination ; no truce , no treaty , no compromise . Like ...
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... Hope is its banker , but seldom has any funds with which to meet the draughts of honor . Brutus mis- took it for virtue , and adored it , but when the storm came , found it to be a deceptive shadow . Let us cease , then , to depend on ...
... Hope is its banker , but seldom has any funds with which to meet the draughts of honor . Brutus mis- took it for virtue , and adored it , but when the storm came , found it to be a deceptive shadow . Let us cease , then , to depend on ...
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... Hope , like fear , and sleep , is confined to this dim spot , on which we live , move , and have our being . It is excluded from heaven and hell . It is a dashing blade , with a great estate in expectancy , which , when put in its ...
... Hope , like fear , and sleep , is confined to this dim spot , on which we live , move , and have our being . It is excluded from heaven and hell . It is a dashing blade , with a great estate in expectancy , which , when put in its ...
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... Hope tries every thing , and stops at nothing . This is earthly Hope - a paradox - being strictly hon- est - yet the essence of deception . But there is a Hope , that is an anchor to the soul , both sure and steadfast , that will steady ...
... Hope tries every thing , and stops at nothing . This is earthly Hope - a paradox - being strictly hon- est - yet the essence of deception . But there is a Hope , that is an anchor to the soul , both sure and steadfast , that will steady ...
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