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Page 142 - April. 0 wad some Power the giftie gie us To see ourselves as others see us...
Page 7 - IMMEDIATELY after the celebrated battle of Pavia, in which Francis I. of France was taken prisoner by the Emperor Charles V...
Page 7 - The soldier, tir'd of war's alarms, Forswears the clang of hostile arms, And scorns the spear and shield : But, if the brazen trumpet sound, He burns with conquest to be crown'd, And dares again the field.
Page 10 - But her self-command altogether forsook her, when, after the prescribed formula of service was at an end, her uncle again kneeled down reverently on the cushion by his bed-side, and prayed fervently for her and for her future happiness, and that the Almighty protection might be extended over her when it should please Heaven to remove him from this earthly scene. And when, as connected with this dearest object of his heart, he put up earnest petitions for him who was already destined to be her husband...
Page 192 - Remote from man with God he past his days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.