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... desire nothing but good for the other . Now , there is conjugal love , an affection which supposes the existence of some quality or qualities in the beloved object , which , by virtue of the constitution of the mind , are capable of ...
... desire nothing but good for the other . Now , there is conjugal love , an affection which supposes the existence of some quality or qualities in the beloved object , which , by virtue of the constitution of the mind , are capable of ...
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... desire shall fail . " That is , all our bodily appetites will cool and cease . At length " the silver cord will be Joosed . " That is , the back - bone , with the spinal marrow which it encloses , and the nerves and fibres belonging to ...
... desire shall fail . " That is , all our bodily appetites will cool and cease . At length " the silver cord will be Joosed . " That is , the back - bone , with the spinal marrow which it encloses , and the nerves and fibres belonging to ...
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... desire shall fail . " That is , all our bodily appetites will cool and cease . At length " the silver cord will be Joosed . " That is , the back - bone , with the spinal marrow which it encloses , and the nerves and fibres belonging to ...
... desire shall fail . " That is , all our bodily appetites will cool and cease . At length " the silver cord will be Joosed . " That is , the back - bone , with the spinal marrow which it encloses , and the nerves and fibres belonging to ...
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... desire ever to enter heaven . " G. Mogridge . ALCOHOL - in Great Britain , Money spent in , Would every year support 200,000 mis- sionaries ( which would be about one to every 3000 adult heathen ) at £ 200 each ; 2000 superannuated ...
... desire ever to enter heaven . " G. Mogridge . ALCOHOL - in Great Britain , Money spent in , Would every year support 200,000 mis- sionaries ( which would be about one to every 3000 adult heathen ) at £ 200 each ; 2000 superannuated ...
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... desire of ruling . N. Caussin . AMBITION - Danger of . Ambition is like choler , which is a humour that maketh men active , earnest , full of alacrity , and stirring , if it be not stopped . But if it be stopped , and cannot have its ...
... desire of ruling . N. Caussin . AMBITION - Danger of . Ambition is like choler , which is a humour that maketh men active , earnest , full of alacrity , and stirring , if it be not stopped . But if it be stopped , and cannot have its ...
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Page 327 - Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? — God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
Page 187 - Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom...
Page 294 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 237 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Page 239 - Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song...
Page 329 - If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me, Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Page 195 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted...
Page 369 - The appearance, instantaneously disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendor — without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted...
Page 195 - And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem...
Page 267 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?