Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent Writers from the Time of Pericles to the Present DayJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1880 - 547 pages |
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... hands are ceased , we see , and to require them of God's hands , were it not to tempt God ? Of God's gracious aid in ... hand of God ? Did not the angel deliver Peter out of the strong prison , and bring him out by the iron gates of the ...
... hands are ceased , we see , and to require them of God's hands , were it not to tempt God ? Of God's gracious aid in ... hand of God ? Did not the angel deliver Peter out of the strong prison , and bring him out by the iron gates of the ...
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... hand is as strong as ever it was ; he may do what his gracious pleasure is , and he is as good and gracious as ever he was . Man changeth as the garment doth ; but God , our heavenly Father , is even the same now that he was , and shall ...
... hand is as strong as ever it was ; he may do what his gracious pleasure is , and he is as good and gracious as ever he was . Man changeth as the garment doth ; but God , our heavenly Father , is even the same now that he was , and shall ...
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... hand , for the defence of his country , on the one part ; and on the other part , the life of M. Regulus , so great and as high as is known to every one , and his end admirable ; the one without name and with- out dignity , the other ...
... hand , for the defence of his country , on the one part ; and on the other part , the life of M. Regulus , so great and as high as is known to every one , and his end admirable ; the one without name and with- out dignity , the other ...
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... hand , is not much unlike a ship in a tempest , which how dangerously soever it may be beaten with waves , yet is ... hands ; such as Cæsar said , Quibus opus est bello civili , and are of his mind , malo in acie , quam in fore cadere ...
... hand , is not much unlike a ship in a tempest , which how dangerously soever it may be beaten with waves , yet is ... hands ; such as Cæsar said , Quibus opus est bello civili , and are of his mind , malo in acie , quam in fore cadere ...
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... hand ; not being able to furnish my readers with an enter tainment more suitable to this solemn time . " A PRAYER , OR PSALM , MADE BY MY LORD BACON , CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND . Most gracious Lord God , my merciful Father ; from my youth ...
... hand ; not being able to furnish my readers with an enter tainment more suitable to this solemn time . " A PRAYER , OR PSALM , MADE BY MY LORD BACON , CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND . Most gracious Lord God , my merciful Father ; from my youth ...
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