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Page 68
... seemed so deeply inter- ested in me . " Lord Pompous's conversation was all about himself and his own affairs - I and me were ever on his tongue - his answer to the most common query he thought worth the repeating , and compli- mented ...
... seemed so deeply inter- ested in me . " Lord Pompous's conversation was all about himself and his own affairs - I and me were ever on his tongue - his answer to the most common query he thought worth the repeating , and compli- mented ...
Page 84
... seemed in haste to return to his blessed home , but Jacob detained - he held him by force- " I will obtain the blessing- thou shalt not leave me " -and he wrestled with the man the whole night . At length , when morning dawned , the ...
... seemed in haste to return to his blessed home , but Jacob detained - he held him by force- " I will obtain the blessing- thou shalt not leave me " -and he wrestled with the man the whole night . At length , when morning dawned , the ...
Page 86
... seemed longer doubtful ; the cause might probably be , because his faith was not so strong as that of Peter . We are told , that when the dead child was laid out in his chamber , the prophet went in and prayed unto the Lord ; he then ...
... seemed longer doubtful ; the cause might probably be , because his faith was not so strong as that of Peter . We are told , that when the dead child was laid out in his chamber , the prophet went in and prayed unto the Lord ; he then ...
Page 116
... seemed evident to every one that I had nearly lost my reason , while in fact I had long , through my being thus destitute of hearing , acquired a thoughtless and incon- siderate habit ; and it cannot be expected that I could be brought ...
... seemed evident to every one that I had nearly lost my reason , while in fact I had long , through my being thus destitute of hearing , acquired a thoughtless and incon- siderate habit ; and it cannot be expected that I could be brought ...
Page 119
... seemed well pleased , and thought there was little or no need of his getting any education in the said Institution . However , he kindly gave him a present of almost all the books which he had published for the benefit of his pupils ...
... seemed well pleased , and thought there was little or no need of his getting any education in the said Institution . However , he kindly gave him a present of almost all the books which he had published for the benefit of his pupils ...
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Popular passages
Page 293 - 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 200 - For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Page 319 - Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. 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.
Page 230 - Trust me, Clara Vere de Vere, From yon blue heavens above us bent, The gardener Adam and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts arc more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Page 58 - Vaga echoes through her winding bounds, And rapid Severn hoarse applause resounds. Who hung with woods you mountain's sultry brow? From the dry rock who bade the waters flow? Not to the skies in useless columns tost...
Page 70 - ... should be annihilated every thousand years : Supposing then that you had it in your choice to be happy all the while this prodigious mass...
Page 242 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh : how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God...
Page 173 - But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth ; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
Page 69 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven...
Page 230 - Clara, Clara Vere de Vere, If time be heavy on your hands, Are there no beggars at your gate, Nor any poor about your lands? Oh ! teach the orphan-boy to read, Or teach the orphan-girl to sew, Pray Heaven for a human heart, And let the foolish yeoman go.