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Charles Mackay. HN ZMLY 3 STANDARD [ LORD BACON . 1561-1626 . ] PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY. WIDENER Front Cover.
Charles Mackay. HN ZMLY 3 STANDARD [ LORD BACON . 1561-1626 . ] PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY. WIDENER Front Cover.
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... [ LORD BURLEIGH . 1520-1598 . ] ON THE CHOICE OF A WIFE . WHEN it shall please God to bring thee to man's estate , use great providence and circumspection in choosing thy wife . For from thence will spring all thy future good or evil ...
... [ LORD BURLEIGH . 1520-1598 . ] ON THE CHOICE OF A WIFE . WHEN it shall please God to bring thee to man's estate , use great providence and circumspection in choosing thy wife . For from thence will spring all thy future good or evil ...
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... Lord God Almighty : " when we shall rest from sin , but not from worship ; from suffering and sorrow , but not from joy ! O blessed day ! when I shall rest with God ! when I shall rest in the bosom of my Lord ! when my perfect soul and ...
... Lord God Almighty : " when we shall rest from sin , but not from worship ; from suffering and sorrow , but not from joy ! O blessed day ! when I shall rest with God ! when I shall rest in the bosom of my Lord ! when my perfect soul and ...
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... Lord . My face will not wrinkle , nor my hair be gray : for this corruptible shall have put on incor- ruption and this mortal , immortality ; and death shall be swallowed up in victory . O death where is now thy sting ? O grave where is ...
... Lord . My face will not wrinkle , nor my hair be gray : for this corruptible shall have put on incor- ruption and this mortal , immortality ; and death shall be swallowed up in victory . O death where is now thy sting ? O grave where is ...
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... Lord of this universe hath showed us the amazing wonders of his various frame , should we take it to heart , when he thinketh time , to dislodge ? This is his unalterable and inevitable decree : as we had no part of our will in our ...
... Lord of this universe hath showed us the amazing wonders of his various frame , should we take it to heart , when he thinketh time , to dislodge ? This is his unalterable and inevitable decree : as we had no part of our will in our ...
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