The Rifle, Axe, and Saddle-bags, and Other LecturesDerby & Jackson, 1857 - 285 էջ William Henry Milburn was a blind Methodist clergyman. A friend of notables including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, he was Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives in 1845 and Chaplain of the Senate fifty years later (1893 until his death in 1903). He preached and lectured throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland. |
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... reach is left unransacked for facts to form the groundwork of his lectures : the reader of this volume will see that in each discourse the body is made up of sound and valuable information , in the best sense of the word . He will see ...
... reach is left unransacked for facts to form the groundwork of his lectures : the reader of this volume will see that in each discourse the body is made up of sound and valuable information , in the best sense of the word . He will see ...
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... reach even may be as profound as you please , but it must convey thought by strokes , rather than by elaboration ; it must tell a history by pictures , rather than by connected nar- rative ; its logic must be that of analogy and ...
... reach even may be as profound as you please , but it must convey thought by strokes , rather than by elaboration ; it must tell a history by pictures , rather than by connected nar- rative ; its logic must be that of analogy and ...
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... reach the camps or the town , he and his companion must inevitably perish . Self - preserva- tion compelled him to inflict a noiseless death upon the squaws , and in such a manner , if possible , as to leave no trace behind . Rapid in ...
... reach the camps or the town , he and his companion must inevitably perish . Self - preserva- tion compelled him to inflict a noiseless death upon the squaws , and in such a manner , if possible , as to leave no trace behind . Rapid in ...
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... a covert , so near to the fatal rock that a bound or two would reach it , and all hope of life would then be gone . He felt that all depended THE MYSTERIOUS SHOT . 39 upon one successful shot , 38 THE RIFLE , AXE , AND SADDLE - BAGS .
... a covert , so near to the fatal rock that a bound or two would reach it , and all hope of life would then be gone . He felt that all depended THE MYSTERIOUS SHOT . 39 upon one successful shot , 38 THE RIFLE , AXE , AND SADDLE - BAGS .
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... reach the rock before he could adjust another flint , he nevertheless coolly proceeded to the task , casting his eye towards the fearful point . Suddenly he saw the warrior straining every muscle for the leap , and with the agility of a ...
... reach the rock before he could adjust another flint , he nevertheless coolly proceeded to the task , casting his eye towards the fearful point . Suddenly he saw the warrior straining every muscle for the leap , and with the agility of a ...
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Էջ 88 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
Էջ 115 - I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors.
Էջ 121 - MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Էջ 144 - Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement. From garret to basement, She stood with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver, But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river; Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery Swift to be hurled — Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world ! In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough river ran.
Էջ 111 - Thus, from the laureat fraternity of poets, riper years and the ceaseless round of study and reading led me to the shady spaces of philosophy ; but chiefly to the divine volumes of Plato, and his equal Xenophon : where, if I should tell ye what I learnt of chastity and love, I mean that which is truly so...
Էջ 111 - Next, (for hear me out now, readers,) that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances,* which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over all Christendom.
Էջ 116 - We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labours of public men, how we spill that seasoned life of man, preserved and stored up in books...
Էջ 145 - Fashion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair! Ere her limbs frigidly Stiffen too rigidly, Decently, kindly, Smooth and compose them; And her eyes, close them, Staring so blindly. Dreadfully staring Through muddy impurity, As when with the daring Last look of despairing Fixed on futurity.
Էջ xix - And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Էջ 71 - God will be a husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless.