The curate of Cumberworth: and The vicar of Roost, by the author of 'The owlet of Owlstone Edge'. |
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... close in a benefice . From his own experience , therefore , he can sympathise with the difficulties of either state , and knows ( as no layman could ) the tempta- tions and infirmities from within , and the sore trials of faith and ...
... close in a benefice . From his own experience , therefore , he can sympathise with the difficulties of either state , and knows ( as no layman could ) the tempta- tions and infirmities from within , and the sore trials of faith and ...
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... close to the line . I am forced to be at the station all day on week - days ; and can only get to Church once on Sundays . " " The railway company ought to manage better for its servants , " observed Mr. Smith . " I must see what can be ...
... close to the line . I am forced to be at the station all day on week - days ; and can only get to Church once on Sundays . " " The railway company ought to manage better for its servants , " observed Mr. Smith . " I must see what can be ...
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... close of such a successful career , John Smith's head had been somewhat turned . But it was not so . He retained his humility and simplicity to the end , and if some tinge of human infirmity was apparent to those who were most intimate ...
... close of such a successful career , John Smith's head had been somewhat turned . But it was not so . He retained his humility and simplicity to the end , and if some tinge of human infirmity was apparent to those who were most intimate ...
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... Close at Wells : he might , or might not have braced his lungs by the frequent ascent of Wheatley Hill . Let that pass . Some- where or other he passed through a course of care- ful study for his sacred profession , and he was not ...
... Close at Wells : he might , or might not have braced his lungs by the frequent ascent of Wheatley Hill . Let that pass . Some- where or other he passed through a course of care- ful study for his sacred profession , and he was not ...
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... close to a hedge side , and separated from the field by a long line of posts and rails . The field which the path skirted was extensive ; pasture land on the slope of a hill which fell rapidly towards a brook , over which , at no great ...
... close to a hedge side , and separated from the field by a long line of posts and rails . The field which the path skirted was extensive ; pasture land on the slope of a hill which fell rapidly towards a brook , over which , at no great ...
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Page 31 - twill be eleven; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale.
Page 144 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Page 233 - WHEN gathering clouds around I view, And days are dark, and friends are few, On Him I lean, who, not in vain, Experienced every human pain ; He sees my wants, allays my fears, And counts and treasures up my tears.
Page 133 - Sweet are the uses of adversity ; Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head...
Page 221 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet ran.
Page 182 - If to do were as easy as to know what were^ good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions: I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.