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... thefe . So warm , fo upright , fo pure an heart ; must inhance the charms of the comlieft countenance . The softness of thy fex is never more properly engaged , than on the fide of the fufferer . Thou art the firft fer- vant I ever knew ...
... thefe . So warm , fo upright , fo pure an heart ; must inhance the charms of the comlieft countenance . The softness of thy fex is never more properly engaged , than on the fide of the fufferer . Thou art the firft fer- vant I ever knew ...
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... thefe fair incumbrances ? why is our intercourfe with them fo frequently , fatally , finally blafted ? Is the author of nature envious of the fmall pittance of happiness , thus af- forded us , that he fhould in this manner have mingled ...
... thefe fair incumbrances ? why is our intercourfe with them fo frequently , fatally , finally blafted ? Is the author of nature envious of the fmall pittance of happiness , thus af- forded us , that he fhould in this manner have mingled ...
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... thefe , and found him forever on fuch occafions , either commiferating the wretched- nefs of human nature , or deeply be- moaning its depravity . It was when ruminating in this manner , that Cocky , his wife's lap - dog , jumped on his ...
... thefe , and found him forever on fuch occafions , either commiferating the wretched- nefs of human nature , or deeply be- moaning its depravity . It was when ruminating in this manner , that Cocky , his wife's lap - dog , jumped on his ...
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... thefe infects are produced , and which are not larger than a mustard - feed , begin to expand by the fun's warmth , and in a few days the worm appears . It is at firft of a pale afh - colour , and feeds upon mulberry leaves ; but af ...
... thefe infects are produced , and which are not larger than a mustard - feed , begin to expand by the fun's warmth , and in a few days the worm appears . It is at firft of a pale afh - colour , and feeds upon mulberry leaves ; but af ...
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... thefe powers took the city of Thebes , Chalcidy , and many others , where they found an immenfe booty ; but the most confiderable to them was the manufactures of filk . They brought with them all the men and women employed in this ...
... thefe powers took the city of Thebes , Chalcidy , and many others , where they found an immenfe booty ; but the most confiderable to them was the manufactures of filk . They brought with them all the men and women employed in this ...
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Page 109 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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Page 291 - And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
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Page 242 - Vieville, two soldiers of the guard, who were my father's creatures, enter the college. They were armed, and came, without doubt, to rescue me by force wherever they should find me. They gave my father a relation of what had happened to me ; and eight days afterwards I received a letter from him, in which he expressed the fears he had suffered on my account, and advised me to continue in Paris, since the prince I served was not at liberty to quit it.
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Page 165 - Cohu had their minds wholly set upon riches, for which reason the beautiful Hilpa preferred Harpath to Shalum, because of his numerous flocks and herds, that covered all the low country which runs along the foot of Mount Tirzah, and is watered by several fountains and streams breaking out of the sides of that mountain.
Page 361 - ... of a later date, and which preferve their pyramidal form entire. Some have been fo far mouldered down by time, as to have no other appearance of a crater than a fort...
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