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1831
Original paper slip text:[1831?]
Free paraphrases of verses of Proverbs:
2 p.
JQA—Literary Exercises, Translations
- "Sweet to the Soul are pleasant words" XVI:24
- "But not when pleasant words belie" Unidentified
- "Then yield not thou implicit faith" Unidentified
- "The fowler with insidious care" I:17
- "Oh! bend thy heart to Wisdom's ways" III:13–16
- "Her ways are ways of pleasantness" III:17–18
- "For Wisdom is Creation's Law" III:19–20
- "Then walk thou safely in thy way" III:23–24
- "In vain the Malice of thy foes" Unidentified
- "And when thou hast the power to bless" III:27–29
- "Oft the Oppressor thou shalt see" III:31–32
- "The curse of God shall surely fall" III:33–35
- M/JQA/48.86 contains Proverbs III:13–35 only (dated 15 March 1831)
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