Passages from the Auto-biography of a "Man of Kent" [i.e. Robert Cowtan]Whittingham and Wilkins, 1866 - 407 Seiten |
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... question whether a man should , or should not , be his own biographer , as that has already been done by far abler pens , and among others by no less a writer than the late John Foster , in his justly celebrated " Essays . " We all ...
... question whether a man should , or should not , be his own biographer , as that has already been done by far abler pens , and among others by no less a writer than the late John Foster , in his justly celebrated " Essays . " We all ...
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... question is at once put to him " Who are you ? " Nevertheless , it is interesting , to those more immedi- ately concerned , to know something of the origin and family of such as we are daily coming in contact with , and therefore I ...
... question is at once put to him " Who are you ? " Nevertheless , it is interesting , to those more immedi- ately concerned , to know something of the origin and family of such as we are daily coming in contact with , and therefore I ...
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... questions of the day . My grandfather's death is duly recorded in the family registry , " aged 72 years , 5 months , and 20 days . " I have a vivid recollection of my grandmother , who , at the death of her husband , came to reside at ...
... questions of the day . My grandfather's death is duly recorded in the family registry , " aged 72 years , 5 months , and 20 days . " I have a vivid recollection of my grandmother , who , at the death of her husband , came to reside at ...
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... question , I sus- pect the real origin of the terms to have been to distinguish any man , whose family had long been settled in the county , from time immemorial it may be , from new settlers ; Infancy . 9 the former being genuine " Men of.
... question , I sus- pect the real origin of the terms to have been to distinguish any man , whose family had long been settled in the county , from time immemorial it may be , from new settlers ; Infancy . 9 the former being genuine " Men of.
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... question any further , he will find some particulars in " Notes and Queries , " Vol . v . p . 615 ; and also , in a work by the late Charles Sandys , Esq . , of Canterbury , entitled , " Consuetudines Kantiæ ; " see also a highly ...
... question any further , he will find some particulars in " Notes and Queries , " Vol . v . p . 615 ; and also , in a work by the late Charles Sandys , Esq . , of Canterbury , entitled , " Consuetudines Kantiæ ; " see also a highly ...
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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.