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... many there are who , in the very blush of manhood , and the opening of hopes and powers brilliant and wonderful , are suddenly arrested in their career , and borne to the tomb , with scarcely a friend to THE SIRENS . 11.
... many there are who , in the very blush of manhood , and the opening of hopes and powers brilliant and wonderful , are suddenly arrested in their career , and borne to the tomb , with scarcely a friend to THE SIRENS . 11.
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... friend to weep over their blighted prospects and mourn for the dark night that so soon has succeeded the resplendent dawn ... friends and the hallowed restraints of the house of God , he has no kind advisers : while those with whom he ...
... friend to weep over their blighted prospects and mourn for the dark night that so soon has succeeded the resplendent dawn ... friends and the hallowed restraints of the house of God , he has no kind advisers : while those with whom he ...
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... friend , divine or human , to guide him , and suffers himself to be swayed by every impulse in the pursuit of present pleasure . The ancients tell us of the three sister sirens , who , residing on the coast of Sicily , attracted to the ...
... friend , divine or human , to guide him , and suffers himself to be swayed by every impulse in the pursuit of present pleasure . The ancients tell us of the three sister sirens , who , residing on the coast of Sicily , attracted to the ...
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... the hearts of those he most dearly loves . The friend , who in the exuberance of his hospitality , furnishes these powerful and diffusive stimu- lants to his guests , pours out to them unwittingly THE WINE - CUP . 33.
... the hearts of those he most dearly loves . The friend , who in the exuberance of his hospitality , furnishes these powerful and diffusive stimu- lants to his guests , pours out to them unwittingly THE WINE - CUP . 33.
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... friend , Mæcenas , that he might drink ' a hundred glasses of this innocent Lesbian , ' without any danger to his head or senses . the Delphian edition of Horace we are told that Lesbian wine could injure no one ; that as it would ...
... friend , Mæcenas , that he might drink ' a hundred glasses of this innocent Lesbian , ' without any danger to his head or senses . the Delphian edition of Horace we are told that Lesbian wine could injure no one ; that as it would ...
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Page 124 - But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
Page 49 - Could the youth to whom the flavour of his first wine is delicious as the opening scenes of life, or the entering upon some newly discovered paradise, look into my desolation, and be made to understand what a dreary thing it is when a man shall feel himself going down a precipice with open eyes and a passive will...
Page 169 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 297 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Page 42 - Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright: at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Page 262 - And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Page 40 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions ? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 297 - If, therefore, ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches ? And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
Page 123 - Mortals, that would follow me, Love virtue; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Page 224 - With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy...