A Volume of VarietiesCharles Knight, 1844 - 240 էջ |
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... this power ; we may give it a direction . Can there be a better mode of conducting it to useful and innocent ends , than by endeavouring to make useful and innocent knowledge universal ? But 20 A VOLUME OF VARIETIES .
... this power ; we may give it a direction . Can there be a better mode of conducting it to useful and innocent ends , than by endeavouring to make useful and innocent knowledge universal ? But 20 A VOLUME OF VARIETIES .
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... gives us hope , when we behold the triumphs of despotism . Evil governments produce the same debilitating effect upon the mental powers of their subjects , as evil passions do upon the reasoning faculties of individuals . The sense of ...
... gives us hope , when we behold the triumphs of despotism . Evil governments produce the same debilitating effect upon the mental powers of their subjects , as evil passions do upon the reasoning faculties of individuals . The sense of ...
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... wrinkled age ! And may his last end be as full of peace as the simplicity of his life and the purity of his faith give us warrant to an- ticipate ! THE SHEPHERD BOY . THE rain was pattering o'er the 24 A VOLUME OF VARIETIES .
... wrinkled age ! And may his last end be as full of peace as the simplicity of his life and the purity of his faith give us warrant to an- ticipate ! THE SHEPHERD BOY . THE rain was pattering o'er the 24 A VOLUME OF VARIETIES .
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... give us a greater feeling of comfort in the warmth within , see the gas - lights shining upon the bright pavement , and , perhaps , give one sigh for poor wretched humanity as some shivering wanderer creeps along to no home , or some ...
... give us a greater feeling of comfort in the warmth within , see the gas - lights shining upon the bright pavement , and , perhaps , give one sigh for poor wretched humanity as some shivering wanderer creeps along to no home , or some ...
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... gives a more sensible reason for the actual decay of serenading , and its unsuitableness to England . " In Italy , " he says , " nothing is more frequent than to hear a cobler working to an opera tune ; but , on the contrary , our ...
... gives a more sensible reason for the actual decay of serenading , and its unsuitableness to England . " In Italy , " he says , " nothing is more frequent than to hear a cobler working to an opera tune ; but , on the contrary , our ...
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Էջ 212 - Look at the generations of old, and see; did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him?
Էջ 124 - ... that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom ; that we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy Name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Էջ 171 - Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions and a will resigned; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat...
Էջ 124 - ALMIGHTY GOD, with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the LORD, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity...
Էջ 124 - We give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world...
Էջ 94 - I cannot blame him : at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward.
Էջ 178 - Midsummer Night's Dream, which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life.
Էջ 40 - CHERRY-RIPE, ripe, ripe, I cry, Full and fair ones; come and buy. If so be you ask me where They do grow, I answer : There, Where my Julia's lips do smile ; There's the land, or cherry-isle, Whose plantations fully show All the year where cherries grow.
Էջ 108 - ... their dogs ; but if men be kind unto them, and be in their habit, then are they conquered with kindness, and the sport will be plentiful.
Էջ 139 - Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a : A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tures in a milc-a.