Passages from the Auto-biography of a "Man of Kent" [i.e. Robert Cowtan]Whittingham and Wilkins, 1866 - 407 Seiten |
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... called the afternoon , if not the evening , of life , a moderate and progressive Reformer . I remember hearing him upon one occasion at a Debating Society , stand out most determinately for the " People's Charter ; " but though he ...
... called the afternoon , if not the evening , of life , a moderate and progressive Reformer . I remember hearing him upon one occasion at a Debating Society , stand out most determinately for the " People's Charter ; " but though he ...
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... called " the good old times , " that city was the metropolis of the kings of Kent . The learned tell us that Canterbury is derived from Durwhern ( Dur - Gwern , river of marshes , mead , or alders ) , latinised Durovernum ; and it was ...
... called " the good old times , " that city was the metropolis of the kings of Kent . The learned tell us that Canterbury is derived from Durwhern ( Dur - Gwern , river of marshes , mead , or alders ) , latinised Durovernum ; and it was ...
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... called a Dame's School . I have a most affectionate re- membrance of the kind and patient treatment of the lady to whose care I was entrusted for my early education . She quite won my young heart by her gentle manners and loving ...
... called a Dame's School . I have a most affectionate re- membrance of the kind and patient treatment of the lady to whose care I was entrusted for my early education . She quite won my young heart by her gentle manners and loving ...
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... called , in school parlance , the ultimatum of corporal punishment . The poor culprit was a boy about thirteen years of age , and had been guilty of some petty theft in the school , as well as having been a constant trouble to the ...
... called , in school parlance , the ultimatum of corporal punishment . The poor culprit was a boy about thirteen years of age , and had been guilty of some petty theft in the school , as well as having been a constant trouble to the ...
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... called up to the master's desk , and seriously talked to on this breach of decorum ; the lecture ended in my being awarded four strokes from the " flapper . " This instrument of juvenile correction consisted of a piece of thickish ...
... called up to the master's desk , and seriously talked to on this breach of decorum ; the lecture ended in my being awarded four strokes from the " flapper . " This instrument of juvenile correction consisted of a piece of thickish ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 345 - 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 389 - Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Seite 115 - Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.
Seite 286 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and, though poor perhaps compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
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 345 - Then they that gladly received his word were baptized ; and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls ; and they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Seite 232 - 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.