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  • Shahriman heard these words from his son, the light became darkness in his sight and he grieved over his son's lack of obedience to his directions in the matter of marriage; yet, for the great love he bore him, he was unwilling to repeat his wishes and was not wroth with him, but caressed him and spake him fair and showed him all manner of kindness such as tendeth to induce affection.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Shahriman heard these words from his son, the light became darkness in his sight and he grieved over his son’s lack of obedience to his directions in the matter of marriage; yet, for the great love he bore him, he was unwilling to repeat his wishes and was not wroth with him, but caressed him and spake him fair and showed him all manner of kindness such as tendeth to induce affection.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Pro 14: 23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. (poverty)

    Archive 2008-04-01 2008

  • Pro 14: 23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. (poverty)

    The Value of Real Work 2008

  • So the long fingered and greedy-minded come and try to take the purse, but cannot; for, whilst he frieth his fish and tendeth the fire, he layeth at his feet scone-like circles of lead; and whenever a thief thinketh to take him unawares and maketh a snatch at the purse he casteth at him a load of lead and slayeth him or doeth him a damage.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • A fifth doctrine that tendeth to the dissolution of a

    Leviathan 2007

  • For the manifestation whereof we are to consider; first, that when a man doth a thing, which notwithstanding anything can be foreseen and reckoned on tendeth to his own destruction, howsoever some accident, which he could not expect, arriving may turn it to his benefit; yet such events do not make it reasonably or wisely done.

    Leviathan 2007

  • And because man was created in a condition immortal, not subject to corruption, and consequently to nothing that tendeth to the dissolution of his nature; and fell from that happiness by the sin of Adam; it followeth that to be saved from sin is to be saved from all the evil and calamities that sin hath brought upon us.

    Leviathan 2007

  • Hitherto therefore there is nothing done or taught by Christ that tendeth to the diminution of the civil right of the Jews or of

    Leviathan 2007

  • Besides, revenge without respect to the example and profit to come is a triumph, or glorying in the hurt of another, tending to no end (for the end is always somewhat to come); and glorying to no end is vain-glory, and contrary to reason; and to hurt without reason tendeth to the introduction of war, which is against the law of nature, and is commonly styled by the name of cruelty.

    Leviathan 2007

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