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pious remembrance of My passion the

7. "Know thou that thine old enemy altogether striveth to hinder thy pursuit after good, and to deter thee from every godly exercise, to wit, the contemplation of the Saints, the pious remembrance of My passion, the profitable recollection of sin, the keeping of thy own heart, and the steadfast purpose to grow in virtue.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

private residence of M Poincaré the

On the 15th September and the 8th October the Germans, with the desire to wreak revenge, bombarded the private residence of M. Poincaré, the President of the French Republic.
— from German Barbarism: A Neutral's Indictment by Léon Maccas

Princes received orders most positively to

The Princes received orders most positively to return to Court, and accordingly set out.
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

practical recognition of moral principles that

But it is equally true that the welfare of society is dependent on a practical recognition of moral principles—that the laws of morality are conditions of the progress, and even of the existence, of society.
— from Theism; being the Baird Lecture of 1876 by Robert Flint

powers Rapture of mysterious pleasure These

Pleasing lure of midnight hours Quiet sphere of hidden powers, Rapture of mysterious pleasure, These alone our prize; Ours alone that highest measure, Where ourselves in streamlets pouring, Then in dew-drops upward soaring, Drink we as we flow or rise.
— from Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. by Novalis

practical result of Moses profound thought

The practical result of Moses' profound thought was a meeting, in his own house, without respect to party, Democrats and Whigs alike, opened by a prayer from the minister himself.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

Parish registers of Middleton put the

The entries in the Parish registers of Middleton put the question beyond doubt ("Lanc.
— from The Great Civil War in Lancashire (1642-1651) by Ernest Broxap

partial redemption of my pledge to

Here perhaps as well as anywhere else I may find a proper place to intercalate the little word I have to say in partial redemption of my pledge to take in due time some notice at more or less length, of the only two among the plays doubtfully ascribed to Shakespeare which in my eyes seem to bear any credible or conceivable traces of his touch.
— from A Study of Shakespeare by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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