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... happy . A great brute , or a great bear , or a great blockhead , may be made by other means . 7. But a great man cannot be formed without wisdom and virtue , which are the only sources of honour and esteem , and will always make us ...
... happy . A great brute , or a great bear , or a great blockhead , may be made by other means . 7. But a great man cannot be formed without wisdom and virtue , which are the only sources of honour and esteem , and will always make us ...
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... happy , and be happy ourselves . 4. Cain would not take the good advice of his brother Abel ; but was wroth . " And it came to pass , while they were in the field together , that Cain rose up against Abel his brother , and slew him . 5 ...
... happy , and be happy ourselves . 4. Cain would not take the good advice of his brother Abel ; but was wroth . " And it came to pass , while they were in the field together , that Cain rose up against Abel his brother , and slew him . 5 ...
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... happy God is their friend , and he is invariably disposed by nature to reward their virtue . 2. How happy are those children who have God for their friend ! they have nothing to fear ; they may smile in death , and leave this world with ...
... happy God is their friend , and he is invariably disposed by nature to reward their virtue . 2. How happy are those children who have God for their friend ! they have nothing to fear ; they may smile in death , and leave this world with ...
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... happy , great men wise . Riches are but the baggage of virtue . Rash anger is the author of many evils . Rub your sore eyes with your elbows . 19. Security is the forerunner of calamity . Saying and doing seldom dine together . Show me ...
... happy , great men wise . Riches are but the baggage of virtue . Rash anger is the author of many evils . Rub your sore eyes with your elbows . 19. Security is the forerunner of calamity . Saying and doing seldom dine together . Show me ...
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... happy , nor heard to repine . Thus , widely remov'd from the fair , Where my vows , my devotion , I owe , Soft hope is the relique I bear , And my solace wherever I go . 2 - HOPE . My banks they are furnish'd with bees ; Whose murmur ...
... happy , nor heard to repine . Thus , widely remov'd from the fair , Where my vows , my devotion , I owe , Soft hope is the relique I bear , And my solace wherever I go . 2 - HOPE . My banks they are furnish'd with bees ; Whose murmur ...
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Page 96 - The world recedes — it disappears ; Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount, I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death ! where is thy sting...
Page 36 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 90 - Business; but to these we must add Frugality, if we would make our Industry more certainly successful. A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting.
Page 58 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 93 - LET dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 'tis their nature too. But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise ; Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes.
Page 70 - Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Page 101 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Page 66 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn: Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : "But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. "Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page 37 - Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, "Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.
Page 41 - FROM all that dwell below the skies Let the Creator's praise arise : Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through every land, by every tongue. 2 Eternal .are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word ; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.