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... soul ; My soul , which flies to thee , her trust , her treasure , As misers to their gold , while others rest . Through this opaque of nature , and of soul , This double night , transmit one pitying ray , To lighten and to cheer . Oh ...
... soul ; My soul , which flies to thee , her trust , her treasure , As misers to their gold , while others rest . Through this opaque of nature , and of soul , This double night , transmit one pitying ray , To lighten and to cheer . Oh ...
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... soul , or at least not with that application which they should . Alas ! thus not the mean only , but almost all talk ... soul . Methinks that , if philosophy could not , pride and indignation might conquer fortune . It is beneath the ...
... soul , or at least not with that application which they should . Alas ! thus not the mean only , but almost all talk ... soul . Methinks that , if philosophy could not , pride and indignation might conquer fortune . It is beneath the ...
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... soul ? Its essence is as little known to us as that of the body ; but its qualities are angelic , divine . It is soul which thinks , rea- sons , invents , remembers , hopes , and loves . It is the soul which lives ; for , when the soul ...
... soul ? Its essence is as little known to us as that of the body ; but its qualities are angelic , divine . It is soul which thinks , rea- sons , invents , remembers , hopes , and loves . It is the soul which lives ; for , when the soul ...
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DAY SUBJECT 119 Of Improving by good Examples | 5 |
Primitive Christians | 9 |
Summer | 14 |
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