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... poor . Thou mayest dote on pleasures , yet have many sorrows . But our God , of his supreme goodness saith , Who ever sought me , and found me not ? Who ever de- sired me , yet failed to obtain me ? I am with him that seeketh me ; and ...
... poor . Thou mayest dote on pleasures , yet have many sorrows . But our God , of his supreme goodness saith , Who ever sought me , and found me not ? Who ever de- sired me , yet failed to obtain me ? I am with him that seeketh me ; and ...
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... poor Richard had vanished , and " no man cried God save him . " The life of this venerable poet was extended throughout portions of the reign of four sove- reigns ; Edward the Second and Third , Richard Second , and Henry Fourth . The ...
... poor Richard had vanished , and " no man cried God save him . " The life of this venerable poet was extended throughout portions of the reign of four sove- reigns ; Edward the Second and Third , Richard Second , and Henry Fourth . The ...
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... send us to meet in His glo- rious kingdom . " My dear wife , farewell . Bless my poor boy . Pray for me , and let my good God hold you both in his arms . " Written with the dying hand of sometime thy hus- SIR WALTER RALEIGH . 115.
... send us to meet in His glo- rious kingdom . " My dear wife , farewell . Bless my poor boy . Pray for me , and let my good God hold you both in his arms . " Written with the dying hand of sometime thy hus- SIR WALTER RALEIGH . 115.
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... poor and sick with unwearied lib- erality . He rejoiced to release the prisoner from his cell , and to send clothing , food or medicine to the sufferer , preferring to do it so secretly that they might not discover whence the ...
... poor and sick with unwearied lib- erality . He rejoiced to release the prisoner from his cell , and to send clothing , food or medicine to the sufferer , preferring to do it so secretly that they might not discover whence the ...
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... poor men , especially sea- faring men . " A few extracts from this Manual of Devo- tions , will illustrate the conciseness , humility , and eloquence of its petitions , as well as their occasional adaptation to the needs of those who ...
... poor men , especially sea- faring men . " A few extracts from this Manual of Devo- tions , will illustrate the conciseness , humility , and eloquence of its petitions , as well as their occasional adaptation to the needs of those who ...
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Page 89 - Thus saith the Lord: I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Page 75 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.
Page 87 - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Page 203 - I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
Page 83 - Besides my innumerable sins, I confess before thee, that I am debtor to thee for the gracious talent of thy gifts and graces, which I have neither put into a napkin, nor put it, as I ought, to exchangers, where it might have made best profit, but misspent it in things for which I was least fit : so I may truly say, my soul hath been a stranger in the course of my pilgrimage. Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for my Saviour's sake, and receive me into thy bosom, or guide me in thy ways.
Page 47 - Have mercy upon me, O God, According to thy loving kindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies Blot out my transgressions.
Page 69 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jaeet ! Lastly, whereas this book, by the title it hath, calls itself The First Part of tlie General History of the World...
Page 141 - My soul prays to God for thee, that thou mayest stand in the day of trial, that thy children may be blessed of the Lord, and thy people saved by his power.
Page 121 - First. Let nothing in this world tempt you to wrong your conscience ; so you will keep peace at home, which will be a feast to you in the day of trouble.