Passages from the auto-biography of a 'man of Kent' [R. Cowtan] ed. by Reginald Fitz-Roy Stanley1866 |
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... formed for the enthusiastic admiration of noble actions . My friend delights in jovial society , has a good ear for music , though no musician ; can sing a good song , and is passionately fond of poetry , music , and dancing , though ...
... formed for the enthusiastic admiration of noble actions . My friend delights in jovial society , has a good ear for music , though no musician ; can sing a good song , and is passionately fond of poetry , music , and dancing , though ...
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... formation of cha- racter , I may mention that my parents were members of the Church of England , and that my mother was particu- larly careful to bring me up in the religious observance of all the ceremonials of that communion . While ...
... formation of cha- racter , I may mention that my parents were members of the Church of England , and that my mother was particu- larly careful to bring me up in the religious observance of all the ceremonials of that communion . While ...
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... forming the moral , as well as the mental man , must be a home . The education of a child begins on the mother's bosom , or upon her knees , as it prattles around the household hearth , and is daily and hourly influenced by all that it ...
... forming the moral , as well as the mental man , must be a home . The education of a child begins on the mother's bosom , or upon her knees , as it prattles around the household hearth , and is daily and hourly influenced by all that it ...
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... formed a strong attachment . He was a fine young fellow of about two and - twenty , and under his tuition I became quite a first rate hand at bottling off , corking , and tying down the ginger beer and lemonade . Poor fellow , it would ...
... formed a strong attachment . He was a fine young fellow of about two and - twenty , and under his tuition I became quite a first rate hand at bottling off , corking , and tying down the ginger beer and lemonade . Poor fellow , it would ...
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... formed the topics of conversation over their grog and pipes . No provision whatever was made to find suit- able evening amusement for the young men . At the time referred to there were no " Young Men's Associations , " or " Societies ...
... formed the topics of conversation over their grog and pipes . No provision whatever was made to find suit- able evening amusement for the young men . At the time referred to there were no " Young Men's Associations , " or " Societies ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 347 - But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Seite 115 - Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.
Seite 181 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Seite 90 - Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Seite 122 - God be thanked for books ! They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race.
Seite 234 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among the ruins of lona.
Seite 381 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, ** Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, ** And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, ** And tender in...
Seite 45 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Seite 335 - And Jacob served seven years for Rachel ; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Seite 3 - My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies.