Scenes of Clerical Life, Volume 9Estes and Lauriat, 1894 |
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... present crisis afforded an occasion for emulating their heroism even in these degenerate times ; while less highly instructed persons , whose memories were not well stored with precedents , simply expressed their determination , as Mr ...
... present crisis afforded an occasion for emulating their heroism even in these degenerate times ; while less highly instructed persons , whose memories were not well stored with precedents , simply expressed their determination , as Mr ...
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... presents the keenest edge of Milby wit , does not strike you as lacerating , I imagine . But hatred is like fire , it makes even light rubbish deadly . And Mr. Dempster's sar- casms were not merely visible on the walls ; they were ...
... presents the keenest edge of Milby wit , does not strike you as lacerating , I imagine . But hatred is like fire , it makes even light rubbish deadly . And Mr. Dempster's sar- casms were not merely visible on the walls ; they were ...
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... present , and liable to take offence at this conclusion . A few minutes more brought him in front of Mrs. Wagstaff's , where Mr Tryan lodged . He had often been here before , so that the contrast between this ugly square brick house ...
... present , and liable to take offence at this conclusion . A few minutes more brought him in front of Mrs. Wagstaff's , where Mr Tryan lodged . He had often been here before , so that the contrast between this ugly square brick house ...
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... present I would rather not have a horse . I should ride him very little , and it would be an inconvenience to me to keep him rather than otherwise . " - Mr. Jerome looked troubled and hesitating , as if he JANET'S REPENTANCE . 61.
... present I would rather not have a horse . I should ride him very little , and it would be an inconvenience to me to keep him rather than otherwise . " - Mr. Jerome looked troubled and hesitating , as if he JANET'S REPENTANCE . 61.
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... present or wanting in poor Janet that formed the motive of her husband's cruelty . Cruelty , like every other vice , requires no motive outside itself , it only requires opportunity . You do not suppose Demp- ster had any motive for ...
... present or wanting in poor Janet that formed the motive of her husband's cruelty . Cruelty , like every other vice , requires no motive outside itself , it only requires opportunity . You do not suppose Demp- ster had any motive for ...
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Page 285 - Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment?
Page 298 - Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before, But vaster.
Page 254 - One song employs all nations; and all cry, * Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !* The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain-tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Page 270 - Ay, but to die, and go," alas ! Where all have gone, and all must go ! To be the nothing that I was Ere born to life and living woe ! — Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to be.
Page 235 - Strong death, alone can heave the massy bar, This gross impediment of clay remove, And make us embryos of existence free From real life ; but little more remote Is he, not yet a candidate for light, The future embryo, slumbering in his sire. Embryos we must be till we burst the shell, • . Yon ambient azure shell, and spring to life, The life of gods, O transport ! and of man.
Page 254 - Is merely as the working of a sea Before a calm, that rocks itself to rest : For He, whose car the winds are, and the clouds The dust that waits upon His sultry march, When sin hath moved Him, and His wrath is hot, Shall visit earth in mercy ; shall descend Propitious in His chariot paved with love : And what His storms have blasted and defaced For man's revolt, shall with a smile repair.
Page 126 - There is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance.
Page 244 - The goddess, with determin'd aspect turns Her adamantine key's enormous size Through Destiny's inextricable wards, Deep driving every bolt on both their fates. Then, from the crystal battlements of heaven, Down, down she hurls it through the dark profound, Ten thousand, thousand fathom ; there...
Page 253 - Or what he views of beautiful or grand In nature, from the broad, majestic oak To the green blade that twinkles in the sun, Prompts with remembrance of a present God.
Page 223 - Father of mercies ! why from silent earth Didst thou awake, and curse me into birth ? Tear me from quiet, ravish me from night, And make a thankless present of thy light ? Push into being a reverse of thee, And animate a clod with misery ? " The beasts are happy; they come forth, and keep Short watch on earth, and then lie down to sleep.