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Do not, therefore,, Dorothy,, be uneafy on my account: a ray of returnmg hope fuddenly beams upon my mind: and, happen what may, my patiervce will never forfake me*
Emily de Varmont; or, Divorce dictated by necessity; to which are added, The amours of father ... 1798
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The courrge of this excel - lent prince, however, did not forfake him; thoueh his tiealury was exhaufted by expenfive pleafures, no lets than by hoftile enterprifes, he alTembled a confiderable army, and put his kingdom in a pofture of defence for refitting this new enemy, without abandoning any of the fchemes which he was forming againft the err. pe - ror.
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And the difpofition to put off your reformation to a more convenient feafon, is a prefent refolution not to forfake fin.
Twenty four sermons on various useful subjects Williams, Nehemiah, 1748-1796 1797
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In them, and by his condu6l towards them, he has taught a wicked world, in every age, what good they may enjoy, if they forfake their iins, and return to him in the way he has appointed.
Twenty four sermons on various useful subjects Williams, Nehemiah, 1748-1796 1797
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In this dreadful extremity his intrepidity and prcfence of mind did not forfake him.
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God dwells in them by his holy Spirit, which he hath given them; and hedwells with them, fo as never, totally, to defert his nianfion: when he takes up his refidence in thefoul, he fays, * I will never leave thee, nor forfake thee. '
Sermons and Other Practical Works: Consisting of Above One Hundred and Fifty Sermons Besides His ... 1796
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The ftrongeft temptations, you muft allow, have no compulfive efficacy; all that they can do, is to folicit and entice us: And are there not addreffed to us far more weighty arguments and folicitations to jt S E R M O N Iir. to forfake fin, and to walk in the paths of wifdom?
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If they fhould be once neglected, if is probable they will forfake the place, wander away, and die for want of fopd.
Sporting Magazine 1796
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Till the fledg'd notes at length forfake their nefl,
The works of the British poets : with prefaces, biographical and critical Anderson, Robert, 1750-1830. cn 1795
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Many are not fenfible of the danger they are in; others will not forfake their fins for anyconfideration whatever; and even too, too many defpife the very offers of a Redeemer, of pardon and grace through him.
Sermons: by the Right Reverend Father in God Thomas Wilson, ... 1795
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