The Works of Hannah More, Volume 1H. Fisher, R. Fisher, and P. Jackson, 1834 - 2318 pages |
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Page xxii
... feeling , elegance and force Unite their matchless power , And prove that from a heavenly source Springs Eldred of the Bower . ' " True ' - cries the god of verse , ' ' tis mine , And now the farce is o'er , To vex proud man , I wrote ...
... feeling , elegance and force Unite their matchless power , And prove that from a heavenly source Springs Eldred of the Bower . ' " True ' - cries the god of verse , ' ' tis mine , And now the farce is o'er , To vex proud man , I wrote ...
Page xxix
... feeling of gratitude , but never failed to hasten again to her hay - stack , where she would sit for hours together , like Sterne's Maria , though courting nothing animate or inani- mate to cheer her solitude . Even in this secluded ...
... feeling of gratitude , but never failed to hasten again to her hay - stack , where she would sit for hours together , like Sterne's Maria , though courting nothing animate or inani- mate to cheer her solitude . Even in this secluded ...
Page xxxii
... feel the infliction on them as the Europeans would , " she indignantly observes : " When the fierce sun darts vertical his beams , And thirst and hunger mix their wild extremes ; When the sharp iron wounds his inmost soul , And his ...
... feel the infliction on them as the Europeans would , " she indignantly observes : " When the fierce sun darts vertical his beams , And thirst and hunger mix their wild extremes ; When the sharp iron wounds his inmost soul , And his ...
Page xliv
... delight and instruction ; and feeling as a Christian , and speaking as a zealous member of the Established Church , I can conscientiously affirm , that every thing , both in matter and form , was conducted with the most decent 34 MEMOIR OF.
... delight and instruction ; and feeling as a Christian , and speaking as a zealous member of the Established Church , I can conscientiously affirm , that every thing , both in matter and form , was conducted with the most decent 34 MEMOIR OF.
Page xlv
... feeling and experiencing the blessings of the institution . " Thus , if the benevolence of Mrs. More was thwarted in one place , it succeeded in other parts ; and though the good seed was choked by the enemy at Blagdon , with a view ...
... feeling and experiencing the blessings of the institution . " Thus , if the benevolence of Mrs. More was thwarted in one place , it succeeded in other parts ; and though the good seed was choked by the enemy at Blagdon , with a view ...
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Page l - BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Page 46 - You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Page 196 - For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Page 125 - Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister.
Page l - GOD, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers ; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace...
Page 186 - For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
Page 45 - Love must be our regulating ideal. Once again we must hear the words of Jesus echoing across the centuries: 'Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, and pray for them that despitefully use you.
Page 26 - ... were always declaring it to be. And his late experience of the little comfort he - found at home, inclined him now still more strongly to suspect that things were not so right there as he had been made to suppose. But it was in vain to speak; for his daughters constantly stopped his mouth by a favourite saying of theirs, which equally indicated affectation and vulgarity, that it was better to be out of the world than out of the fashion. Soon after dinner the women went out to their several employments,...
Page 133 - O that men would therefore praise the LORD for His goodness : and declare the wonders that He doeth for the children of men...
Page l - O God, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee ; Mercifully grant, that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.