Sir Thomas More, Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society, Volume 2J. Murray, 1829 - 868 pages "...[A] calm exposition of [Southey's] mature social and political convictions: rejection of the Catholic claims and of constitutional reform, support for high taxation to redistribute wealth, and so on. The conversations are conducted with the ghost of Sir Thomas More, whose Utopia was a remote ancestor of pantisocracy. They are set in the neighbourhood of Keswick, and the beauty of the countryside tempers the generally gloomy tone of the conversation, as does the quiet of his splendid library." -- DNB. |
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... called Collenros or Culros , * and there , without human help , she brought forth a son . * F . Alford ( T. ii . p . 20 ) places this upon the Firth of Forth : " hic habes Kentigerni natalem locum , ad Bodotric æstuarium , quod ...
... called Collenros or Culros , * and there , without human help , she brought forth a son . * F . Alford ( T. ii . p . 20 ) places this upon the Firth of Forth : " hic habes Kentigerni natalem locum , ad Bodotric æstuarium , quod ...
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... called stags from the forest , who came in obedience , and bowed their necks to the yoke . After the day's work was done they returned to their lair , and came again duly when their services were wanted . A wolf one day took the liberty ...
... called stags from the forest , who came in obedience , and bowed their necks to the yoke . After the day's work was done they returned to their lair , and came again duly when their services were wanted . A wolf one day took the liberty ...
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... called upon the Lord in prayer . Behold , the Clyde , which was then flowing quietly beside them , rose suddenly and overflowed its banks , spread round the granaries , floated them from their foundations , bore them down the stream ...
... called upon the Lord in prayer . Behold , the Clyde , which was then flowing quietly beside them , rose suddenly and overflowed its banks , spread round the granaries , floated them from their foundations , bore them down the stream ...
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... called Elgy , or Elwy , where he established an episcopal see , and raised such a community as never existed but in the golden days of monachism . He had nine hundred and sixty - five brethren there under his absolute authority ; three ...
... called Elgy , or Elwy , where he established an episcopal see , and raised such a community as never existed but in the golden days of monachism . He had nine hundred and sixty - five brethren there under his absolute authority ; three ...
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... called , and the perfection of monastic life , as far as relates to worship , can be carried no farther . Here it happened one night that , having , according to his custom , recited the whole psalter while up to his neck in cold water ...
... called , and the perfection of monastic life , as far as relates to worship , can be carried no farther . Here it happened one night that , having , according to his custom , recited the whole psalter while up to his neck in cold water ...
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Page 157 - Love had he found in huts where poor men ' lie; His daily teachers had been woods and rills, The silence that is in the starry sky. The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Page 246 - Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong ; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work...
Page 421 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Page 170 - And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. 17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread ? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened ? 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
Page 244 - Lord, how long?' And he answered, 'Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate.
Page 224 - And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places : thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations ; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Page 129 - There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Page 185 - Tis not in battles that from youth we train The Governor who must be wise and good, And temper with the sternness of the brain Thoughts motherly, and meek as womanhood. Wisdom doth live with children round her knees...
Page 168 - So many hours must I tend my flock; So many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I contemplate; So many hours must I sport myself...
Page 111 - God (to whom all hearts are open and from whom no secrets are hidden...