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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... death by Chris- tian enchantments ; and at the command of this relentless father she was taken out several miles to sea , put into a leathern coracle , and set adrift . But the winds and waves were more merciful than man : He who rules ...
... death by Chris- tian enchantments ; and at the command of this relentless father she was taken out several miles to sea , put into a leathern coracle , and set adrift . But the winds and waves were more merciful than man : He who rules ...
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... death . " It happened once that St. Kentigern , having distributed in alms the whole of his stores , was in want of provisions for his own monastery , and applied for assistance to Morken , or Mark , the king of that petty kingdom ...
... death . " It happened once that St. Kentigern , having distributed in alms the whole of his stores , was in want of provisions for his own monastery , and applied for assistance to Morken , or Mark , the king of that petty kingdom ...
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... death . Kentigern found his own life in danger from the kinsmen of the deceased , and withdrawing from Cumbria , tra- velled toward Menevia , where St. David was then flourishing in the full blossom of holiness . On the way he converted ...
... death . Kentigern found his own life in danger from the kinsmen of the deceased , and withdrawing from Cumbria , tra- velled toward Menevia , where St. David was then flourishing in the full blossom of holiness . On the way he converted ...
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... death . The miserable Queen , who saw that there was no other hope of deliverance , dispatched a trusty messenger to Kentigern , confessing her guilt , and entreat- ing him to provide a way for her escape . There was no occasion for ...
... death . The miserable Queen , who saw that there was no other hope of deliverance , dispatched a trusty messenger to Kentigern , confessing her guilt , and entreat- ing him to provide a way for her escape . There was no occasion for ...
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... death of St. Kentigern was to be not less por- tentous in all its circumstance than his birth . One of the disciples , in the name of all his brethren , interrupted the valediction , and said , " Father and master , we know that it is ...
... death of St. Kentigern was to be not less por- tentous in all its circumstance than his birth . One of the disciples , in the name of all his brethren , interrupted the valediction , and said , " Father and master , we know that it is ...
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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...