The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life, Volume 1Woodward, 1832 |
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... comfort they felt in their emancipa- tion , by saying , " Allons ! faisons des so lecismes ! " * These grave and formal parties now scarcely exist , having been swallowed up in the reigning multitudi- nous assemblies . The stars which ...
... comfort they felt in their emancipa- tion , by saying , " Allons ! faisons des so lecismes ! " * These grave and formal parties now scarcely exist , having been swallowed up in the reigning multitudi- nous assemblies . The stars which ...
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... comfort , all the peace which springs , From the large aggregate of little things ; On these small cares of daughter , wife , or friend , The almost sacred joys of home depend : There Sensibility , thou best may'st reign , Home is thy ...
... comfort , all the peace which springs , From the large aggregate of little things ; On these small cares of daughter , wife , or friend , The almost sacred joys of home depend : There Sensibility , thou best may'st reign , Home is thy ...
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... comfort of his failing years , And Birtha was her name . Her heart a little sacred shrine , Where all the Virtues meet , And holy Hope and Faith divine Had claim'd it for their seat . She lov'd to raise her fragrant bower Of wild and ...
... comfort of his failing years , And Birtha was her name . Her heart a little sacred shrine , Where all the Virtues meet , And holy Hope and Faith divine Had claim'd it for their seat . She lov'd to raise her fragrant bower Of wild and ...
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... comfort plann'd ; And that he might not lack for aught , An acre of good land . A pleasant orchard too there was Before his cottage door ; Of cider and of corn likewise , He had a little store . Active and healthy , stout and young No ...
... comfort plann'd ; And that he might not lack for aught , An acre of good land . A pleasant orchard too there was Before his cottage door ; Of cider and of corn likewise , He had a little store . Active and healthy , stout and young No ...
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... comfort from others ' distresses , But still I would mark how God our land blesses ; For though in old England the times are but sad , Abroad I am told they are ten times as bad ; In the land of the Pope there is scarce any grain , And ...
... comfort from others ' distresses , But still I would mark how God our land blesses ; For though in old England the times are but sad , Abroad I am told they are ten times as bad ; In the land of the Pope there is scarce any grain , And ...
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Page 405 - Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Page 434 - I beheld, and lo ! a great multitude, which no man can number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues...
Page 223 - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Page 227 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Page 265 - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour ; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 287 - A new commandment give I unto you, that ye love one another.
Page 339 - For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Page 161 - Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister!
Page 35 - Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And though but few can serve, yet all may please; O let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. To spread large bounties though we wish in vain, Yet all may shun the guilt of giving pain...
Page 138 - You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.