Passages from the Auto-biography of a "Man of Kent" [i.e. Robert Cowtan]Whittingham and Wilkins, 1866 - 407 Seiten |
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... mean and dishonourable . I have sometimes thought that my friend must have been born under the influence of the planet Mars ... means of turning his early career into another channel . He is rather choleric and hasty , with a dash of sar ...
... mean and dishonourable . I have sometimes thought that my friend must have been born under the influence of the planet Mars ... means of turning his early career into another channel . He is rather choleric and hasty , with a dash of sar ...
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... mean ; and when I whispered my wonderment to my mother she would put her finger to her mouth , and with a reverend shake of the head , place her hand gently on my shoulder and bid me sit still , and be a good boy . Altogether the ...
... mean ; and when I whispered my wonderment to my mother she would put her finger to her mouth , and with a reverend shake of the head , place her hand gently on my shoulder and bid me sit still , and be a good boy . Altogether the ...
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... means large , ) and half - a - pint of milk and water , which we denominated " sky blue . " Some of the boys , from a love of money , would sell half their roll ; and many a time , when the funds would allow of it , have I given a ...
... means large , ) and half - a - pint of milk and water , which we denominated " sky blue . " Some of the boys , from a love of money , would sell half their roll ; and many a time , when the funds would allow of it , have I given a ...
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... means of inflicting upon me one of the greatest curses that can be borne by a think- ing being , that of an unhallowed imagination . Those pictures of wickedness have never passed away . They haunt me like ghosts wherever I may be , and ...
... means of inflicting upon me one of the greatest curses that can be borne by a think- ing being , that of an unhallowed imagination . Those pictures of wickedness have never passed away . They haunt me like ghosts wherever I may be , and ...
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... means the least attractive , were the " peepshows , " where for a penny you might see the battles of Waterloo , the Nile , and Trafalgar , with the " dreadful tragedy of Maria Martin and the Red Barn . " Though in common with my young ...
... means the least attractive , were the " peepshows , " where for a penny you might see the battles of Waterloo , the Nile , and Trafalgar , with the " dreadful tragedy of Maria Martin and the Red Barn . " Though in common with my young ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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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 179 - 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 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 128 - The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the Ocean, The winds of Heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one another's being mingle.
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 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.