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When thou dost good , do it because it is good ; not because men esteem it fo . When thou avoidest evil , flee from it because it is evil ; . not because men speak against it . Be - honelt for the love of honesty , and thou fhalt be ...
When thou dost good , do it because it is good ; not because men esteem it fo . When thou avoidest evil , flee from it because it is evil ; . not because men speak against it . Be - honelt for the love of honesty , and thou fhalt be ...
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Entruft only thyself , and thou can not be betrayed . 33. Glory , like a shadow , flieth him who pursueth it ; but it followeth at the heels of him who would fly from it . If thou court it without merit , thou inalt never attain un . to ...
Entruft only thyself , and thou can not be betrayed . 33. Glory , like a shadow , flieth him who pursueth it ; but it followeth at the heels of him who would fly from it . If thou court it without merit , thou inalt never attain un . to ...
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And his brethren said unto him , Shalt thou indeed have dominion over us ? and they hated him the more for his dreams , and for his words . 3. It happened that his brethren went to feed their fa . ther's fock at Dothan .
And his brethren said unto him , Shalt thou indeed have dominion over us ? and they hated him the more for his dreams , and for his words . 3. It happened that his brethren went to feed their fa . ther's fock at Dothan .
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And the king said unto Joseph , Forasmuch as God hath shown you all this , thou shalt be over mine house ; and according to thy word fhall all my people be ruled . And Joseph gathered up all the food of the seven years , and laid up the ...
And the king said unto Joseph , Forasmuch as God hath shown you all this , thou shalt be over mine house ; and according to thy word fhall all my people be ruled . And Joseph gathered up all the food of the seven years , and laid up the ...
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And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen ; and tbou shalt be near unto me , thou , and thy children , and thy children's children , and thy flocks , and thy herds , and all that thou haft .. And there will I nourish thee ; for yet ...
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen ; and tbou shalt be near unto me , thou , and thy children , and thy children's children , and thy flocks , and thy herds , and all that thou haft .. And there will I nourish thee ; for yet ...
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Page 36 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 16 - 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 16 - 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 59 - And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write : and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
Page 17 - 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 59 - And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth...
Page 207 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 129 - Much more, sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation, who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.
Page 65 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come...
Page 36 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat: if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
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| Title | The American Preceptor: Being a New Selection of Lessons for Reading and Speaking. Designed for the Use of Schools |
| Author | Caleb Bingham |
| Compiled by | Caleb Bingham |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | Manning and Loring, 1801 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 23 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 228 pages |
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