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الصفحة 12
... received ? Might she not , even upon her sons , engrave what they shall take un- changed through all the temptations of time , to the bar of the last judgment ? Does not the influence of woman rest upon every member of her household ...
... received ? Might she not , even upon her sons , engrave what they shall take un- changed through all the temptations of time , to the bar of the last judgment ? Does not the influence of woman rest upon every member of her household ...
الصفحة 41
... receiving powers adapted to its laws , and modes of intercourse . We have no proof that the sciences , to which years of labour have been devoted , will survive the tomb . But the impressions they have made- the dispositions they have ...
... receiving powers adapted to its laws , and modes of intercourse . We have no proof that the sciences , to which years of labour have been devoted , will survive the tomb . But the impressions they have made- the dispositions they have ...
الصفحة 44
... Receiving the " truth in love , " remember that every sect has produced both good and evil - that all build the foundation of their belief on the same book , and place the goal of their hope at the gate of the same heaven . Praying that ...
... Receiving the " truth in love , " remember that every sect has produced both good and evil - that all build the foundation of their belief on the same book , and place the goal of their hope at the gate of the same heaven . Praying that ...
الصفحة 57
... received very high enjoyment . Portuguese and Arabick , she also added . For her own use , she constructed an Arabick dictionary , containing various explanations , and combinations of words , which she perceived , from her own reading ...
... received very high enjoyment . Portuguese and Arabick , she also added . For her own use , she constructed an Arabick dictionary , containing various explanations , and combinations of words , which she perceived , from her own reading ...
الصفحة 64
... receiving his thou- sand tribute - streams , and swelling his ceaseless thunder - hymn , bears to their desired haven , those white - winged messengers which promote the com- fort and wealth of man , and act as envoys between remotest ...
... receiving his thou- sand tribute - streams , and swelling his ceaseless thunder - hymn , bears to their desired haven , those white - winged messengers which promote the com- fort and wealth of man , and act as envoys between remotest ...
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الصفحة 204 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
الصفحة 40 - ... eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived.
الصفحة 186 - When we see a fellow loud and talkative, full of insipid life and laughter, we may venture to pronounce him a female favourite.
الصفحة 204 - Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts: but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the...
الصفحة 78 - Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, have they not sped ? have they not divided the prey ; to every man a damsel or two ; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil...
الصفحة 39 - This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
الصفحة 201 - Good," which, I think, was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
الصفحة 205 - Few men ever carried out so fully the injunction, not to let the left hand know what the right hand did, in the quiet and steady outflow of good will and good works, as Mr.
الصفحة 207 - For the poor ye have always with you, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good; but me ye have not always.