The Select Works of Mrs. Ellis ...J. & H.G. Langley, 1845 - English literature |
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Sarah Stickney Ellis. " We accordingly believe that poetry , so far from injuring society , is one of the great instruments of its refinement and exaltation . It lifts the mind above ordinary life ; gives it a respite from depressing ...
Sarah Stickney Ellis. " We accordingly believe that poetry , so far from injuring society , is one of the great instruments of its refinement and exaltation . It lifts the mind above ordinary life ; gives it a respite from depressing ...
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... society advances . It is needed to withstand the en- croachments of heartless and artificial man- ners , which make civilization so tame and uninteresting . It is needed to counteract the tendency of physical science , which be- ing now ...
... society advances . It is needed to withstand the en- croachments of heartless and artificial man- ners , which make civilization so tame and uninteresting . It is needed to counteract the tendency of physical science , which be- ing now ...
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... society , perhaps , intensely interesting to one or two , but from which all others are shut out . Books are selected , and read aloud to those who will not listen . Pictures are exhibited to those who cannot see their beauty ...
... society , perhaps , intensely interesting to one or two , but from which all others are shut out . Books are selected , and read aloud to those who will not listen . Pictures are exhibited to those who cannot see their beauty ...
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... society , by keeping up a sort of corresponding indica- tion with the feelings excited by different subjects under discussion . Yet these varia- tions must not be too rapid , they must not correspond with every trifling change , or the ...
... society , by keeping up a sort of corresponding indica- tion with the feelings excited by different subjects under discussion . Yet these varia- tions must not be too rapid , they must not correspond with every trifling change , or the ...
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... society whose tents are in the wilderness , and whose " lodging is on the cold ground , " in its hum- ble appetites , and in its unrepining submis- sion to the most abject degradation . Let us hope that the patience of the ass arises ...
... society whose tents are in the wilderness , and whose " lodging is on the cold ground , " in its hum- ble appetites , and in its unrepining submis- sion to the most abject degradation . Let us hope that the patience of the ass arises ...
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Page 130 - Entreat me not to leave thee, Or to return from following after thee ; For whither thou goest, I will go ; And where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; Thy people shall be my people, And thy God, my God ; Where thou diest, will I die, And there will I be buried ; The Lord do so to me, And more also, If aught but death part thee and me.
Page 127 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Page 128 - And God heard the voice of the lad ; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation.
Page 84 - 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.
Page 133 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Page 136 - At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down : at her feet he bowed, he fell ; where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
Page 133 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Page 128 - And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot; for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
Page 127 - After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram : I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Page 164 - The hell within him ; for within him hell He brings, and round about him, nor from hell One step, no more than from himself, can fly, By change of place ; now conscience wakes despair.