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... nature to be exactly transferred from one mind to another . Like the sound of the voice , it is very easy to be recollected , but impossible to be perfectly described . The difficulty is peculiarly great in the instance of a character ...
... nature to be exactly transferred from one mind to another . Like the sound of the voice , it is very easy to be recollected , but impossible to be perfectly described . The difficulty is peculiarly great in the instance of a character ...
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... nature , which might most persua- sively and beneficially attract the atten- tion and veneration of men - which might make piety a softening and humanizing , as well as a purifying affection , an orna- ment as well as a guard to virtue ...
... nature , which might most persua- sively and beneficially attract the atten- tion and veneration of men - which might make piety a softening and humanizing , as well as a purifying affection , an orna- ment as well as a guard to virtue ...
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... natural advantage of a clear , flexible and melodious voice ; yet much he also owed to the care with which he early studied the management of it , and the judgment with which he discrimi- nated the tones ... nature ; and the substance xxii .
... natural advantage of a clear , flexible and melodious voice ; yet much he also owed to the care with which he early studied the management of it , and the judgment with which he discrimi- nated the tones ... nature ; and the substance xxii .
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Pendlebury Houghton. study and only model was nature ; and the substance of his rules , as derived from that source , appeared to be , to consider how he must speak so as to make others think and feel the whole of what he thought and ...
Pendlebury Houghton. study and only model was nature ; and the substance of his rules , as derived from that source , appeared to be , to consider how he must speak so as to make others think and feel the whole of what he thought and ...
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... nature , ( often veiled under an appearance of inattention to what was passing , ) he was quick to seize upon topics of innocent pleasantry , as well as upon subjects of graver reflec- tion , yet in his lightest mood , there was no ...
... nature , ( often veiled under an appearance of inattention to what was passing , ) he was quick to seize upon topics of innocent pleasantry , as well as upon subjects of graver reflec- tion , yet in his lightest mood , there was no ...
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Page 84 - Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again. But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst: but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
Page 143 - Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart ; with good will doing service as to the Lord, and not to men : knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
Page 66 - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord ? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
Page 218 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 253 - Thy people also shall be all righteous : they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Page 74 - Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee.
Page xxxix - But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
Page 53 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon ; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Page 17 - And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead...
Page 65 - So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? 10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.