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... better with a few good men to fight against an army of bad , than with swarms and shoals of bad men , to have a few good men his ene- mies . And surely this was it which raised up David to that bra- very of spirit which made him profess ...
... better with a few good men to fight against an army of bad , than with swarms and shoals of bad men , to have a few good men his ene- mies . And surely this was it which raised up David to that bra- very of spirit which made him profess ...
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... better spent ; if the latter , it is better spared than spent . Again , do I lay it out in eating and drinking , if this be only to satisfy the necessities of nature , and make my life more easy and comfort- able , it is without doubt ...
... better spent ; if the latter , it is better spared than spent . Again , do I lay it out in eating and drinking , if this be only to satisfy the necessities of nature , and make my life more easy and comfort- able , it is without doubt ...
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... better you think of me , the better men and women will you find yourselves . I shall say nothing of my all important aid on wash- ing days ; though on that account alone , I might call myself the household god of a hundred families ...
... better you think of me , the better men and women will you find yourselves . I shall say nothing of my all important aid on wash- ing days ; though on that account alone , I might call myself the household god of a hundred families ...
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DAY SUBJECT 119 Of Improving by good Examples | 5 |
Primitive Christians | 9 |
Summer | 14 |
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