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... tears , listening to reproof ; the charge of ingra- ' titude was preferred , and " do you thus requite a mother's love ! " filled her with remorse - by her side lay the pledges of sincere affection , given in softer hours , and now ...
... tears , listening to reproof ; the charge of ingra- ' titude was preferred , and " do you thus requite a mother's love ! " filled her with remorse - by her side lay the pledges of sincere affection , given in softer hours , and now ...
Side 21
... tears , the signal of distress was hoisted , if per- chance it might excite compassion . I saw the wreck of peace - I could not bear to gaze upon another's woe - I turned away to tranquillize my feelings . No. II . TIMIDITY . Ir can ...
... tears , the signal of distress was hoisted , if per- chance it might excite compassion . I saw the wreck of peace - I could not bear to gaze upon another's woe - I turned away to tranquillize my feelings . No. II . TIMIDITY . Ir can ...
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... tears of contrition succeeded the sighs for aggrandisement and wealth . The energy of character was discoverable even in the lowest depths of sorrow . sooner was an object presented to her view , than former ardour was aroused , every ...
... tears of contrition succeeded the sighs for aggrandisement and wealth . The energy of character was discoverable even in the lowest depths of sorrow . sooner was an object presented to her view , than former ardour was aroused , every ...
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... tear of gratitude falls not from his eye ; and the power of saving grace reaches not his heart . Yet he sur- passes all in volubility of speech on the articles of his faith and the peculiar tenets of his creed . Loudly he boasts of his ...
... tear of gratitude falls not from his eye ; and the power of saving grace reaches not his heart . Yet he sur- passes all in volubility of speech on the articles of his faith and the peculiar tenets of his creed . Loudly he boasts of his ...
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... tears . Sooner or later , affliction will come . Who has purchased exemption from acci- dent and disease ? Who is not the subject of disappointment ? Who does not find in his comforts the elements of sorrow ? In his affections the seeds ...
... tears . Sooner or later , affliction will come . Who has purchased exemption from acci- dent and disease ? Who is not the subject of disappointment ? Who does not find in his comforts the elements of sorrow ? In his affections the seeds ...
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Side 92 - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; * whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states,3 Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Side 131 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Side 170 - For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Side 181 - And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there.
Side 66 - What though in lonely grief I sigh For friends beloved, no longer nigh, Submissive still would I reply,
Side 25 - ... to be both impudent and bashful. We have frequent instances of this odd kind of mixture in people of depraved minds and mean education; who, though they are not able to meet a man's eyes, or pronounce a sentence without confusion, can voluntarily commit the greatest villanies, or most indecent actions.
Side 93 - God, the One enthroned from long ago, will hear, and will humiliate them Selah because they do not change and do not «fear God. 20 He3 acts violently against those at peace with him; he violates his covenant. 21 His buttery words are smooth,b but war is in his heart.
Side 193 - WHEN, my Saviour, shall I be Perfectly resigned to thee ? Poor and low in my own eyes, Only in thy wisdom wise ! 2 Only thee content to know, Ignorant of all below; Only guided by thy light ; Only mighty in thy might ! 3 So I may thy Spirit know, Let him as he listeth blow : Let the manner be unknown, So I may with thee be one.
Side 63 - ... may descend, and the floods come, and the winds blow and beat upon it, and it will not fall.
Side 20 - THE bird in his cage pursued me into my room. I sat down close by my table, and, leaning my head upon my hand, I began to figure to myself the miseries of confinement I was in a right frame for it, and so I gave full scope to my imagination. I was going to begin with the millions of my fellow-creatures born to no inheritance but slavery: but finding, however affecting the picture was, that I could not bring it...