Edwin and Mary

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Pàgina 54 - The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Pàgina 281 - Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same : for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Pàgina 103 - And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.
Pàgina 54 - The depth saith, It is not in me ; and the sea saith, It is not with me. It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Pàgina 54 - But where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Pàgina 235 - Aristides, the love of the public good was the great spring of all his actions. What he was most particularly admired for, was his constancy and steadiness under the unforeseen changes to which those who have the administration of...
Pàgina 236 - Truly a philosopher, and poor out of taste, he despised riches, without affecting any reputation from that contempt ; and, if Justin may be believed, he coveted glory as little as he did money. It was always against his will that commands were conferred upon him; and he behaved himself, when invested with them, in such a manner, as did more honour to dignities, than dignities did to him.
Pàgina 236 - However, perceiving his end approaching, and as he was just going to expire, he cried out that an emperor ought to die standing ; wherefore, raising himself upon his feet, he expired in the hands of those that sustained him. (79 AD) " He was a man," says Pliny, 9 " in whom power made no alteration, except in giving him the opportunity of doing good equal to his will.
Pàgina 179 - In passive verbs, the past participle agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun to which it refers ; the feminine is formed by adding an e mute, and the plural by the addition of an s.
Pàgina 265 - She did not, however, permit him to finifh the fentence, but rifmg from the feat, begged him to accompany her to a more retired part of the garden, where...

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