A Thousand and One Gems of English ProseG. Routledge, 1872 - 534 pages |
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... rest not upon scattered counsels , for they will rather distract and mislead , than settle and direct . of a friend ... rest ; and such friend , he may rest almost secure that the other fond and high imaginations , to care of those ...
... rest not upon scattered counsels , for they will rather distract and mislead , than settle and direct . of a friend ... rest ; and such friend , he may rest almost secure that the other fond and high imaginations , to care of those ...
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... rest . Neglect not also the examples of those that have carried themselves ill in the same place ; not to set off thyself by taxing their memory , but to direct thyself what to avoid . Reform therefore , without bravery , or scandal of ...
... rest . Neglect not also the examples of those that have carried themselves ill in the same place ; not to set off thyself by taxing their memory , but to direct thyself what to avoid . Reform therefore , without bravery , or scandal of ...
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... REST OF THE JUST . REST ! how sweet the sound ! It is melody to my ears ! It lies as a reviving cordial at my heart , and from thence sends forth lively spirits which beat through all the pulses of my soul ! Rest , not as the stone that ...
... REST OF THE JUST . REST ! how sweet the sound ! It is melody to my ears ! It lies as a reviving cordial at my heart , and from thence sends forth lively spirits which beat through all the pulses of my soul ! Rest , not as the stone that ...
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... Rest . : ~ wwwwww DYING THOUGHTS . WHEN I die I must depart , not only from sensual delights , but from the more manly pleasures of my studies , know- ledge , and converse with many wise and godly men , and from all my pleasure in ...
... Rest . : ~ wwwwww DYING THOUGHTS . WHEN I die I must depart , not only from sensual delights , but from the more manly pleasures of my studies , know- ledge , and converse with many wise and godly men , and from all my pleasure in ...
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... rest of the Apostles and primitive ages . And though I still love and honour the fullest knowledge , ( and am not of Dr. Collet's mind , who , as Erasmus saith , most slighted Augustine , ) yet I less censure even that Carthage council ...
... rest of the Apostles and primitive ages . And though I still love and honour the fullest knowledge , ( and am not of Dr. Collet's mind , who , as Erasmus saith , most slighted Augustine , ) yet I less censure even that Carthage council ...
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