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... seem a change for the better , that there should be no more sea . We have it here always with us . Most of us would say that the great charm would be gone from the situation of this city , if it were away . There are sad associations ...
... seem a change for the better , that there should be no more sea . We have it here always with us . Most of us would say that the great charm would be gone from the situation of this city , if it were away . There are sad associations ...
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... seems no unworthy thing , listening to mighty wave or mighty wind , that men have fancied that in either they heard the voice of its great Creator ! So mighty , that the inspired Psalmist , seeking a comparison not unworthy , found it ...
... seems no unworthy thing , listening to mighty wave or mighty wind , that men have fancied that in either they heard the voice of its great Creator ! So mighty , that the inspired Psalmist , seeking a comparison not unworthy , found it ...
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... seem a very non - natural meaning to put on the text . There is nothing I should more shrink from than in any way to wrest holy Scripture . But it is not wrest- ing language , when you understand figurative lan- guage figuratively ...
... seem a very non - natural meaning to put on the text . There is nothing I should more shrink from than in any way to wrest holy Scripture . But it is not wrest- ing language , when you understand figurative lan- guage figuratively ...
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... seem to you D ° O you wonder , any of you , why I have taken this verse as if there were not much in it ? Come and listen , while I recall to you that old scene . There is a gathering to lay an aged woman in the dust . It is hard by ...
... seem to you D ° O you wonder , any of you , why I have taken this verse as if there were not much in it ? Come and listen , while I recall to you that old scene . There is a gathering to lay an aged woman in the dust . It is hard by ...
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... seems likely her first - born - and you can think of no stronger proof how for her the whole interest of life was crushed out than you have in the simple statement of her entire indifference : " She answered not , neither did she regard ...
... seems likely her first - born - and you can think of no stronger proof how for her the whole interest of life was crushed out than you have in the simple statement of her entire indifference : " She answered not , neither did she regard ...
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