Passages from the auto-biography of a 'man of Kent' [R. Cowtan] ed. by Reginald Fitz-Roy Stanley1866 |
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... stand out most determinately for the " People's Charter ; " but though he believes the leading principles laid down in that able document to be the natural right of every well - conducted citizen , he sees also that education and moral ...
... stand out most determinately for the " People's Charter ; " but though he believes the leading principles laid down in that able document to be the natural right of every well - conducted citizen , he sees also that education and moral ...
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... often heard him speak with admiration of my grandfather as one of the best - looking men in that part of the county , " standing six feet two in height . " He ap- 4 Ancestry . pears to have been a man of PARENTAGE, INFANCY, AND CHILDHOOD.
... often heard him speak with admiration of my grandfather as one of the best - looking men in that part of the county , " standing six feet two in height . " He ap- 4 Ancestry . pears to have been a man of PARENTAGE, INFANCY, AND CHILDHOOD.
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... stand at the table . My grandfather kept within convenient reach a long osier stick to correct any juvenile indiscretions . The offender was spoken to once , but the second offence was sure to bring down upon him a rap from the long ...
... stand at the table . My grandfather kept within convenient reach a long osier stick to correct any juvenile indiscretions . The offender was spoken to once , but the second offence was sure to bring down upon him a rap from the long ...
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... stand upon the seats , could we get a glimpse of the parson . The peculiar close and fusty smell of that old church I have never thoroughly got rid of . The morning service of the Church of England is very long and tedious even to an ...
... stand upon the seats , could we get a glimpse of the parson . The peculiar close and fusty smell of that old church I have never thoroughly got rid of . The morning service of the Church of England is very long and tedious even to an ...
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... standing up , with all the effrontery and boldness of a young precocious youth of fifteen , and delivered an oration , which was much ap- plauded , against Christianity as a thing not at all in har- mony with a fellow enjoying life in ...
... standing up , with all the effrontery and boldness of a young precocious youth of fifteen , and delivered an oration , which was much ap- plauded , against Christianity as a thing not at all in har- mony with a fellow enjoying life in ...
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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.