Examples from the Eighteenth and Nineteenth CenturiesCharles Scribner, 1857 - 349 pages |
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Page 239 - Thy word have I hid in my heart, That I might not sin against Thee.
Page 46 - And Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him: "Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night, and thou shalt arise early on the morrow, and go on thy way.
Page 313 - Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the awful day.
Page 46 - And it came to pass after these things, that Abraham sat in the door of his tent about the going down of the sun.
Page 46 - And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God; Creator of heaven and earth?
Page 46 - God, which abideth always in mine house, and provideth me with all things." 8. And Abraham's zeal was kindled against the man, and he arose and fell upon him, and drove him forth with blows into the wilderness. 9. And at midnight God called unto Abraham, saying, " Abraham, where is the stranger ? " 10. And Abraham answered and said, " Lord, he would not worship thee, neither would he call upon thy name ; therefore have I driven him out from before my face into the wilderness.
Page 28 - ... as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image: but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye.
Page 46 - Creator of heaven and earth?" 7. And the man answered and said, " I do not worship the God thou speakest of, neither do I call upon his name; for I have made to myself a god, which abideth alway in mine house, and provideth me with all things.
Page 152 - What I want in a letter is a picture of my friend's mind, and the common sense of his life. I want to know what he is saying and doing...
Page 38 - This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says : " He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged".