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... saw at no great distance . Fatigued both in mind . and body , he secured his horfe , and laid himself on the ground . The hollow wind whistled around him ; and by its lulling in- fluence , balmy sleep , the sweet restorer of nature ...
... saw at no great distance . Fatigued both in mind . and body , he secured his horfe , and laid himself on the ground . The hollow wind whistled around him ; and by its lulling in- fluence , balmy sleep , the sweet restorer of nature ...
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... out to him , Your goat has undone me ; he has destroy- ed my vindication of our Saviour's defcent into Hades .--- The honeft fhepherd was a ftranger F ftranger to the fubject ; but he saw a Gentleman MORAL TALES . 57.
... out to him , Your goat has undone me ; he has destroy- ed my vindication of our Saviour's defcent into Hades .--- The honeft fhepherd was a ftranger F ftranger to the fubject ; but he saw a Gentleman MORAL TALES . 57.
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Thomas Percival. ftranger to the fubject ; but he saw a Gentleman in diftrefs , whofe apparel be- spoke him to be of a profeffion , which he had been justly taught to respect . With a generous hofpitality , he offered him a share of the ...
Thomas Percival. ftranger to the fubject ; but he saw a Gentleman in diftrefs , whofe apparel be- spoke him to be of a profeffion , which he had been justly taught to respect . With a generous hofpitality , he offered him a share of the ...
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... flowed from a fincere and pious heart : In the folly of the astronomer he saw and pitied the weakness of human nature ; and by ftrengthening the present conviction conviction of mind , he graciously re- moved the infanity 80 TALES . MORAL.
... flowed from a fincere and pious heart : In the folly of the astronomer he saw and pitied the weakness of human nature ; and by ftrengthening the present conviction conviction of mind , he graciously re- moved the infanity 80 TALES . MORAL.
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... saw the anguifh of his foul , when he befought us , and we would not hear ; therefore is this diftrefs come upon us . And they knew not that Jofeph understood them , for he fpake unto them by an inter- preter And he turned himself about ...
... saw the anguifh of his foul , when he befought us , and we would not hear ; therefore is this diftrefs come upon us . And they knew not that Jofeph understood them , for he fpake unto them by an inter- preter And he turned himself about ...
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Page 142 - And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Page 142 - And he said, My son shall not go down with you ; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone ; if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Page 142 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 142 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 142 - Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way : and thus did he unto them.
Page 145 - And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste, and bring down my father hither.
Page 145 - And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen; and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast. And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Page xxiv - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Page 93 - I'll lay my life the thing is blue." "And I'll be sworn, that when you've seen The reptile, you'll pronounce him green." "Well, then, at once to ease the doubt," Replies the man, "I'll turn him out; And when before your eyes I've set him, If you don't find him black, I'll eat him...
Page 12 - Yon house, erected on the rising ground, With tempting aspect drew me from my road ; For plenty there a residence has found, And grandeur a magnificent abode. Hard is the fate of the...