Theron and Aspasio: Or: A Series of Dialogues and Letters, Upon the Most Important and Interesting Subjects |
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... soul , and disordered the whole person . St. Paul , describing a profligate conversation , speaks in this remarkable manner : fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind.'t By the desires of the flesh he means those irregular ...
... soul , and disordered the whole person . St. Paul , describing a profligate conversation , speaks in this remarkable manner : fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind.'t By the desires of the flesh he means those irregular ...
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... soul , let me inquire , What are her principal fa culties ? Ther . The understanding , the will , and the affec- tions . These are the most distinguishing powers which that queen of the human economy retains in her service : these ...
... soul , let me inquire , What are her principal fa culties ? Ther . The understanding , the will , and the affec- tions . These are the most distinguishing powers which that queen of the human economy retains in her service : these ...
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... soul , which lends her eye to all the rest , sits at the helm , and di- rects their motions . Asp . You remember , I presume , that beautiful pas sage in Milton , which Mr. Addison so highly admires and so judiciously illustrates : the ...
... soul , which lends her eye to all the rest , sits at the helm , and di- rects their motions . Asp . You remember , I presume , that beautiful pas sage in Milton , which Mr. Addison so highly admires and so judiciously illustrates : the ...
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... soul what wings are to the eagle , or sails to the ship ; these always stand ready to receive the gales of interest , and to spring at the signal of reason . Asp . O , that they did ! But if the wings are clogged with mire , if the ...
... soul what wings are to the eagle , or sails to the ship ; these always stand ready to receive the gales of interest , and to spring at the signal of reason . Asp . O , that they did ! But if the wings are clogged with mire , if the ...
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... soul beats regularly when there is such a passionate fondness for fading embellishments , and such a cold indifference for the most substantial endow . ments ? How ready are we to be enamoured with well- proportioned clay , often to our ...
... soul beats regularly when there is such a passionate fondness for fading embellishments , and such a cold indifference for the most substantial endow . ments ? How ready are we to be enamoured with well- proportioned clay , often to our ...
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Page 7 - And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord : And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength : this is the first commandment.
Page 264 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Page 234 - But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Page 293 - And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness : and thou shalt know the Lord.
Page 349 - Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling ; for it is God that worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
Page 102 - Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance. In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
Page 268 - Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace; His country next, and next all human race...
Page 431 - For innumerable troubles are come about me; my sins have taken such hold upon me that I am not able to look up : yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me.
Page 104 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Page 107 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.