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... laft hour , is a particular indulgence to us : Prefcience would diftrefs the most virtuous mind , and in every light we can can poffibly view this matter , ignorance is blifs , and foreknowledge , would , to all in- tents and purposes ...
... laft hour , is a particular indulgence to us : Prefcience would diftrefs the most virtuous mind , and in every light we can can poffibly view this matter , ignorance is blifs , and foreknowledge , would , to all in- tents and purposes ...
Page 53
... laft in the fame grave : and this fhe confirmed by an immediate oath of the utmost importance and fanctity amongst the daughters of Judah : " The Lord God do fo " to me , aud more alfo , if ought " but death " -she might have faid - if ...
... laft in the fame grave : and this fhe confirmed by an immediate oath of the utmost importance and fanctity amongst the daughters of Judah : " The Lord God do fo " to me , aud more alfo , if ought " but death " -she might have faid - if ...
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... laft , a match for any compofition what- ever - fetting afide the matter of fcripture - even in point of what the dramatists call fable . And I am thus particularly earneft to dif- play , in this work , the literary excellence of the ...
... laft , a match for any compofition what- ever - fetting afide the matter of fcripture - even in point of what the dramatists call fable . And I am thus particularly earneft to dif- play , in this work , the literary excellence of the ...
Page 109
... laft . But the circumftantial account of the giant's fpear , the weight of its head , his greaves of brafs , and his target ; his coat of mail , and his maffey helmet , are all fuch evi- dences of his astonishing STRENGTH , and ...
... laft . But the circumftantial account of the giant's fpear , the weight of its head , his greaves of brafs , and his target ; his coat of mail , and his maffey helmet , are all fuch evi- dences of his astonishing STRENGTH , and ...
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... laft efforts in re- lief of her child , and wanted , in the foreft degree , the ordinary ac- commodations of life herself . Un- der this preffure of her circum- ftances , it is worth while to fee how fhe conducted herself . When Elijah ...
... laft efforts in re- lief of her child , and wanted , in the foreft degree , the ordinary ac- commodations of life herself . Un- der this preffure of her circum- ftances , it is worth while to fee how fhe conducted herself . When Elijah ...
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