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... earth ! In wisdom mirthful , wise in mirth ; Exempt from every weak decay , That withers vulgar frames away ; With not a drop of blood to stain The current of thy purer vein ; So blest an age is pass'd by thee , Thou seem'st a little ...
... earth ! In wisdom mirthful , wise in mirth ; Exempt from every weak decay , That withers vulgar frames away ; With not a drop of blood to stain The current of thy purer vein ; So blest an age is pass'd by thee , Thou seem'st a little ...
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... earth , and at the same time the greatest terror ; —a God descending at the head of an array of angels , and a burning world under his feet ? * * * * * As to the face of nature , just before the coming of our Saviour , that may be best ...
... earth , and at the same time the greatest terror ; —a God descending at the head of an array of angels , and a burning world under his feet ? * * * * * As to the face of nature , just before the coming of our Saviour , that may be best ...
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... earth ; for when the exterior region of the earth is melted into a fluor , like molten glass or running metal ; it will , according to the nature of other fluids , fill all vacuities and depressions , and fall into a regular surface ...
... earth ; for when the exterior region of the earth is melted into a fluor , like molten glass or running metal ; it will , according to the nature of other fluids , fill all vacuities and depressions , and fall into a regular surface ...
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DAY SUBJECT 119 Of Improving by good Examples | 5 |
Primitive Christians | 9 |
Summer | 14 |
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