No Fiction: A Narrative, Founded on Recent and Interesting Facts, Том 1

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Francis Westley, 1820
 

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Стр. 276 - I have been afflicted: before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I have kept thy word.
Стр. 218 - He looks for him from heaven, " to change his vile body, and fashion it like unto his own glorious body." He hopes that " this corruptible shall put on incorruption, this mortal shall put on immortality...
Стр. 44 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Стр. 66 - ... have shaped the landscape; it is certainly her cropping that has brought about the hourglass form of so many of the red thorn trees, which give a unique feature to the fields. Her fragrant breath is upon the air, her hoof-prints are upon the highway; she may not yet have attained to wisdom, yet surely all her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are paths of peace.
Стр. 24 - Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Стр. 275 - light afflictions, which are but for a moment, work out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory !
Стр. iii - For this reason these familiar histories may perhaps be made of greater use than the solemnities of professed morality, and convey the knowledge of vice and virtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitions.
Стр. 90 - I will never leave thee nor forsake thee ; thy bread shall be given thee, and thy water shall be sure.
Стр. 91 - How many promises has he made to the widow and the fatherless ! He has said, ' I will never leave thee, I will never forsake thee ;
Стр. 5 - In such access of mind, in such high hour Of visitation from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed, he proffered no request; Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it was blessedness and love!

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