Passages from the auto-biography of a 'man of Kent' [R. Cowtan] ed. by Reginald Fitz-Roy Stanley1866 |
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... light literature of the day . 66 I must regret that the failing health of my friend should have compelled him to retire from some of the more active duties of his busy life ; and trust that , as he is relieved from these exacting ...
... light literature of the day . 66 I must regret that the failing health of my friend should have compelled him to retire from some of the more active duties of his busy life ; and trust that , as he is relieved from these exacting ...
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... light That broods above the fallen sun , And dwells in heaven half the night . " How shall I speak of my mother ? It seems but yes- terday that her gentle face was shining on me , and I almost hear now her soft and loving voice . Oh ...
... light That broods above the fallen sun , And dwells in heaven half the night . " How shall I speak of my mother ? It seems but yes- terday that her gentle face was shining on me , and I almost hear now her soft and loving voice . Oh ...
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... light by a very competent hand , Mr. Thomas Wright ; and good service has also been rendered in this respect by an accomplished citizen of Canterbury , Mr. John Brent , the younger . Much has been said , and not a little written , by ...
... light by a very competent hand , Mr. Thomas Wright ; and good service has also been rendered in this respect by an accomplished citizen of Canterbury , Mr. John Brent , the younger . Much has been said , and not a little written , by ...
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... light , " no " pealing organ , " no " anthems clear : " the service was tediously long , bald , and cold ; and the attempts at psalmody were such as did not endear good old Tate and Brady to my juvenile recollections . Right glad was I ...
... light , " no " pealing organ , " no " anthems clear : " the service was tediously long , bald , and cold ; and the attempts at psalmody were such as did not endear good old Tate and Brady to my juvenile recollections . Right glad was I ...
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... light , and whence it flows He sees it in his joy ; The youth who daily farther from the East Must travel , still is nature's priest , And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At length the man perceives it die away And fade ...
... light , and whence it flows He sees it in his joy ; The youth who daily farther from the East Must travel , still is nature's priest , And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At length the man perceives it die away And fade ...
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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.