The Works of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe: Letters moral & entertaining, pt. 3. Devout exercises of the heart. Poems & translations by Mr. Thomas RoweJ. & A. Arch, 1796 |
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... never beheld the rising sun ; the sight was as great a novelty to me as a blazing star would have been ; the opening dawn was one of the ar- cana of Nature into which my curiosity had never pried . Indeed , I had read many poetical ...
... never beheld the rising sun ; the sight was as great a novelty to me as a blazing star would have been ; the opening dawn was one of the ar- cana of Nature into which my curiosity had never pried . Indeed , I had read many poetical ...
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... sports , he patiently hears the complaints of the sufferers , and restores their damage to the full . has he been seen to turn away from a spectacle His compassion is equal to his justice ; never Moral and Entertaining . 9.
... sports , he patiently hears the complaints of the sufferers , and restores their damage to the full . has he been seen to turn away from a spectacle His compassion is equal to his justice ; never Moral and Entertaining . 9.
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... never has he shut his ears to the voice of Distress ; never , by an insolent reproach , silenced the cries of Poverty , nor delayed his bounty to the necessitous . Several honest clergymen , with large families . and narrow incomes ...
... never has he shut his ears to the voice of Distress ; never , by an insolent reproach , silenced the cries of Poverty , nor delayed his bounty to the necessitous . Several honest clergymen , with large families . and narrow incomes ...
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... ! Perpetual greens , and never fading flow'rs , Enrich with foft perfumes th ' immortal bow'rs ; And yet he left the bright ethereal feats For these 56 . LETTERS Another to the same, with a divine poem our Saviour's nativity,
... ! Perpetual greens , and never fading flow'rs , Enrich with foft perfumes th ' immortal bow'rs ; And yet he left the bright ethereal feats For these 56 . LETTERS Another to the same, with a divine poem our Saviour's nativity,
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... never was a more moving interview . After a long pause of silent sorrow , the old gentleman charged his son not to involve himself in any straits on his account , but leave him to suffer the effects of his own im- prudence . " I know ...
... never was a more moving interview . After a long pause of silent sorrow , the old gentleman charged his son not to involve himself in any straits on his account , but leave him to suffer the effects of his own im- prudence . " I know ...
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Popular passages
Page 157 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Page 157 - Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God ; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood.
Page 77 - One shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Page 157 - Come and hear, all ye that fear the Lord, and I will tell you what He has done for my soul ?
Page 157 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 117 - There, said they, is mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, the innumerable company of Angels, and the Spirits of just men made perfect.
Page 153 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Page 77 - My God ! my chief delight ? Why are my thoughts no more, by day, — With thee, no more by night \ 2 Why should my foolish passions rove ? Where can such sweetness be, As I have tasted in thy love, — . As I have found in thee...
Page 77 - He is the Rock, his work is perfect: For all his ways are judgment: A God of truth and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
Page 89 - I WAITED patiently for the Lord ; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.