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... observed in our duties , which cannot fully be described : - 6 Since trifles make the sum of human things , And half our misery from our foibles springs , O let th'ungentle spirit learn from hence , A small unkindness is a great offence ...
... observed in our duties , which cannot fully be described : - 6 Since trifles make the sum of human things , And half our misery from our foibles springs , O let th'ungentle spirit learn from hence , A small unkindness is a great offence ...
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... gratitude to God , for being able to provide for his beloved wife and family . I have frequently observed , that even this , though D 2 Advantages of the Marriage State . 39 It is true, that there are many troubles ...
... gratitude to God , for being able to provide for his beloved wife and family . I have frequently observed , that even this , though D 2 Advantages of the Marriage State . 39 It is true, that there are many troubles ...
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John Ovington. I have frequently observed , that even this , though in general a life of great hardship , is rendered tolerable , when a man is blest with a suitable partner . It greatly softens his toils , and sweetens his labours , to ...
John Ovington. I have frequently observed , that even this , though in general a life of great hardship , is rendered tolerable , when a man is blest with a suitable partner . It greatly softens his toils , and sweetens his labours , to ...
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... observed in your speculation on human nature , that nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man , than power , or dominion ; and this I think myself amply possessed of , as I am the father of a family . I am perpetuallytaken up in ...
... observed in your speculation on human nature , that nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man , than power , or dominion ; and this I think myself amply possessed of , as I am the father of a family . I am perpetuallytaken up in ...
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... observation , that in a numerous family of children , the eldest is often spoiled by the prospect of an estate , and the youngest by being the darling of the parents ; but that some one or other in the middle , who has not perhaps been ...
... observation , that in a numerous family of children , the eldest is often spoiled by the prospect of an estate , and the youngest by being the darling of the parents ; but that some one or other in the middle , who has not perhaps been ...
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Page 44 - Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 40 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 7 - Unargued I obey : so God ordains. God is thy law ; thou, mine : to know no more, Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise 1 With thee conversing, I forget all time, All seasons and their change, all please alike.
Page 15 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; * but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 27 - The world was sad ! — the garden was a wild ! And man, the hermit, sigh'd — till woman smiled...
Page 43 - And the women said unto Naomi, "Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life and a nourisher of thine old age; for thy daughter-in-law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.
Page 39 - And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
Page 80 - Before the angel, and of him to ask Chose rather ; he, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses : from his lip Not words alone pleased her.
Page 40 - I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac ; the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed: and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Page 3 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church : and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.