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If obedience to the will of God be necessary to happiness, and knowledge of his will be necessary to obedience, I know not how he that with-holds this knowledge, or delays it, can be said to love his neighbour as himself.
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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'But, Sir, would it not be better to follow Nature; and go to bed and rise just as nature gives us light or with-holds it?'
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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'Tis true, Heaven gives gifts, and with-holds them.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays Charles Lamb 1804
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'But, Sir, would it not be better to follow Nature; and go to bed and rise just as nature gives us light or with-holds it?'
Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 James Boswell 1767
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If obedience to the will of God be necessary to happiness, and knowledge of his will be necessary to obedience, I know not how he that with-holds this knowledge, or delays it, can be said to love his neighbour as himself.
Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 James Boswell 1767
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In what good Sense, I should be glad to know, could _Christ_ be said to _die_ for _all Men_, when God purposely, and peremptorily, _with-holds_ proper Assistances to restore the _greatest Part?
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What power with-holds me then from rushing on thee, from pressing thee with kisses; folding thee in my transported arms, and following all the dictates of love without respect or awe!
Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister Aphra Behn 1664
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Employer pays none of it, but merely with-holds that 15. 3\% from the workers paycheck … and hands it directly to the government taxman.
MoneyBlogNetwork 2009
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What wonder then That he with-holds this blefling from his Foes;
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1640: What cause with-holds you then, to mourne for him?
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