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... heart , but also into a heart well fortified , if watch be not well kept . It is a poor saying of Epicurus : " Satis magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus " ; as if man , made for the contemplation of heaven , and all noble objects ...
... heart , but also into a heart well fortified , if watch be not well kept . It is a poor saying of Epicurus : " Satis magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus " ; as if man , made for the contemplation of heaven , and all noble objects ...
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... heart , thou hadst the same content again , mightst lead but such a life , a world for such a life ; the remembrance of it is pleasant . Be silent , then , rest satisfied , desine , intuensque in aliorum infortunia , solare mentem ...
... heart , thou hadst the same content again , mightst lead but such a life , a world for such a life ; the remembrance of it is pleasant . Be silent , then , rest satisfied , desine , intuensque in aliorum infortunia , solare mentem ...
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... heart's desire ; say with David , God is our hope and strength , in troubles ready to be found . Psal . xlvi : 1. For they that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Sion , which cannot be removed . Psal . cxxiv : 1 , 2. As the mountains ...
... heart's desire ; say with David , God is our hope and strength , in troubles ready to be found . Psal . xlvi : 1. For they that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Sion , which cannot be removed . Psal . cxxiv : 1 , 2. As the mountains ...
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... heart - strings are about to be broken . No more showing of wit when the head is to be cut off , like that dying man , who , when the priest coming to him to give him extreme unction , asked of him where his feet were , answered , " At ...
... heart - strings are about to be broken . No more showing of wit when the head is to be cut off , like that dying man , who , when the priest coming to him to give him extreme unction , asked of him where his feet were , answered , " At ...
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... of the earth . The power of agitation upon the spirits is well known ; every man has felt his heart lightened in a rapid vehicle , or on a galloping horse . Nothing is plainer , than that he , who towers SAMUEL JOHNSON 53.
... of the earth . The power of agitation upon the spirits is well known ; every man has felt his heart lightened in a rapid vehicle , or on a galloping horse . Nothing is plainer , than that he , who towers SAMUEL JOHNSON 53.
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