Cyclopædia of moral and religious anecdotesVirtue, 1850 - Всего страниц: 863 |
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... became again the drunken contemptible wretch your father remembers me to have been . John , while you live , never tempt a man to break a good resolution . " This story the venerable Colonel Trumbull tells of himself . Let all our ...
... became again the drunken contemptible wretch your father remembers me to have been . John , while you live , never tempt a man to break a good resolution . " This story the venerable Colonel Trumbull tells of himself . Let all our ...
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... became weary of throwing grass , and resolved on trying the virtue of stones . He sent to the druggist's for a gallon of alcohol , in which he soaked a few quarts of corn , and scattered it over his field . The blacklegs came and ...
... became weary of throwing grass , and resolved on trying the virtue of stones . He sent to the druggist's for a gallon of alcohol , in which he soaked a few quarts of corn , and scattered it over his field . The blacklegs came and ...
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... became painfully sore , and Michael soon lost the use of his leg . In time , it turned to a white swelling ; and the leg had to be cut off above the knee to save his life . All this pain and suffering , and maim- ing for life , merely ...
... became painfully sore , and Michael soon lost the use of his leg . In time , it turned to a white swelling ; and the leg had to be cut off above the knee to save his life . All this pain and suffering , and maim- ing for life , merely ...
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... became his terror . " And have I , " said he , " done with existence ? shall I presently cease to think , to see , to feel ? Am I to exist for a few mo- ments filled with pain , and then lie down to be nothing for ever ? I am pained for ...
... became his terror . " And have I , " said he , " done with existence ? shall I presently cease to think , to see , to feel ? Am I to exist for a few mo- ments filled with pain , and then lie down to be nothing for ever ? I am pained for ...
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... became a votary of pleasure , and attached to the bottle . The subject of this melancholy pic- ture had many engaging qualities ; and , in intervals of correct moral deportment , was capable of affording much pleasure to the social ...
... became a votary of pleasure , and attached to the bottle . The subject of this melancholy pic- ture had many engaging qualities ; and , in intervals of correct moral deportment , was capable of affording much pleasure to the social ...
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Стр. 611 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Стр. 384 - The wicked is driven away in his wickedness : but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Стр. 332 - Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts: but to dive into the depths of dungeons: to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the...
Стр. 438 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers : for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness ? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Стр. 134 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Стр. 50 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Стр. 468 - For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God who is the Saviour of all men, especially of those that believe.
Стр. 135 - But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Стр. 611 - I have lived, sir, a long time ; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that, 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Стр. 611 - The small progress we have made, after four or five weeks' close attendance, and continual reasonings with each other, our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many noes as ayes, is, methinks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the human understanding. We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, since we have been running all about in search of it.