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What It thinks, that It utters; and what It utters, that It hears; and It itself is Thinker, Utterer, Hearer, Thought, Word,
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Every Hearer looked back upon his past offences, and trembled: The Thunder seemed to roll, whose bolt was destined to crush him, and the abyss of eternal destruction to open before his feet.
The Monk 2004
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Women, the Quick of them and the Dead: for verily Thou, O Lord, art the Hearer, the near to us, the Answerer of our
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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Thus it seems that the bare sound of the Words, as disposed in this Passage, have an Effect upon the Hearer like the sound of a musical Instrument, playing some grand and sublime Tune.
John Adams diary, June 1753 - April 1754, September 1758 - January 1759 1966
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That Language is to be preferred in which Ideas and Thoughts may be clearly conveyed to the Hearer or
John Adams diary, June 1753 - April 1754, September 1758 - January 1759 1966
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As the sublime is a Property of Discourse, whether in Speaking or Writing, some real Cause which produces in the Hearer or Reader, Transport and Rapture, no doubt, that Property may be found out by examining critically those Passages which produce that Effect, and by comparing them with other Passages which produce no such Effect, or a contrary Effect, as Drowsiness, &c.
John Adams diary, June 1753 - April 1754, September 1758 - January 1759 1966
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What Passions are pleased in the Reader or Hearer, and what are vexed in the
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The Lord loves to be pressed; let us therefore press, assured by his own word that the Hearer of prayer never takes urgency ill.
The Parables of Our Lord William Arnot
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We learn here, then, that the Hearer of prayer puts himself in the power of a suppliant.
The Parables of Our Lord William Arnot
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Sayer and midnight Snorer should couch below, while the Hearer should circle above, -- plainly a wise provision, that the good things of
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various
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