The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life, Volume 1J.J. Woodward, 1830 - Bible plays |
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Page 49
... present seiz'd his soul , A feast , a show , a brimming bowl ; Contented with this vulgar lot , His father's house he quite forgot . Those slight refreshments by the way , While beggars , foreigners , and poor , Enjoy'd the father's ...
... present seiz'd his soul , A feast , a show , a brimming bowl ; Contented with this vulgar lot , His father's house he quite forgot . Those slight refreshments by the way , While beggars , foreigners , and poor , Enjoy'd the father's ...
Page 316
... present disgust , but de- faces and destroys all the rich materials of his future happiness ; and leaves himself , for the rest of his life , nothing but ravaged fields and barren stubble . taking refuge at last in a pious retirement at ...
... present disgust , but de- faces and destroys all the rich materials of his future happiness ; and leaves himself , for the rest of his life , nothing but ravaged fields and barren stubble . taking refuge at last in a pious retirement at ...
Page 445
... present state of being from the conviction that there is no other to be expected . seen . But do not almost all the transactions of life come under the same description ? — Do we not give up present ease and re- nounce much indulgence ...
... present state of being from the conviction that there is no other to be expected . seen . But do not almost all the transactions of life come under the same description ? — Do we not give up present ease and re- nounce much indulgence ...
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