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... boy ; I never knew any spirit at that age , so pure and generous , and so free from the ordinary meannesses , coarsenesses , and littlenesses of boyhood . " So early , and so abidingly , did Arnold appreciate purity and nobility of ...
... boy ; I never knew any spirit at that age , so pure and generous , and so free from the ordinary meannesses , coarsenesses , and littlenesses of boyhood . " So early , and so abidingly , did Arnold appreciate purity and nobility of ...
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... boy he composed a play , sundry poems , and an imitation of Scott's " Marmion , " which he called " Simon de Montfort . " Partly on this account , and partly to distinguish him from another boy of the same name , he received the ...
... boy he composed a play , sundry poems , and an imitation of Scott's " Marmion , " which he called " Simon de Montfort . " Partly on this account , and partly to distinguish him from another boy of the same name , he received the ...
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... boy at Winchester , he breaks out into a very tornado of indignation against the bombast and careless inaccuracy of the Latin writers . We meet with the following philippic in one of his letters , written at the age of fourteen : - " I ...
... boy at Winchester , he breaks out into a very tornado of indignation against the bombast and careless inaccuracy of the Latin writers . We meet with the following philippic in one of his letters , written at the age of fourteen : - " I ...
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... boys who are born and bred in the inland counties generally fail to ac- quire . He counted both the sea and mountains as great points in education ; " an acquaintance with the latter he was inclined to believe almost indispensable for ...
... boys who are born and bred in the inland counties generally fail to ac- quire . He counted both the sea and mountains as great points in education ; " an acquaintance with the latter he was inclined to believe almost indispensable for ...
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... boy in appearance , as well as in age ; but we saw in a very short time that he was quite equal to take his part in the discussions of the common - room ; and he was , I rather think , admitted by Mr. Cooke at once into his senior class ...
... boy in appearance , as well as in age ; but we saw in a very short time that he was quite equal to take his part in the discussions of the common - room ; and he was , I rather think , admitted by Mr. Cooke at once into his senior class ...
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Page 223 - Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season ? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Page 91 - And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit...
Page 144 - ... delivered. 7 Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth. Psal. cxxv. Qui confidant. HEY that put their trust in the Lord shall be even as the mount Sion : which may not be removed, but standeth fast for ever. 2 The hills stand about Jerusalem : even so standeth the Lord round about his people, from this time forth for evermore.
Page 216 - If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not ? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Page 55 - The true sort of captain too for a boys' army, one who had no misgivings and gave no uncertain word of command, and, let who would yield or make truce, would fight the fight out (so every boy felt) to the last gasp and the last drop of blood. Other sides of his character might take hold of and influence boys here and there, but it was this thoroughness and undaunted courage which more than anything else won his way to the hearts of the great mass of those on whom he left his mark, and made them believe...
Page 221 - Thomas, because thou hast seen thou hast believed ; blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed...
Page 55 - ... wearily and little by little, but surely and steadily on the whole, was brought home to the young boy, for the first time, the meaning of his life; that it was no fool's or sluggard's paradise into which he had wandered by chance, but a battle-field ordained from of old, where there are no spectators, but the youngest must take his side, and the stakes are life and death.
Page 205 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Page 112 - Needs no show of mountain hoary, Winding shore, or deepening glen, Where the landscape in its glory Teaches truth to wandering men : Give true hearts but earth and sky, And some flowers to bloom and die, — Homely scenes and simple views, Lowly thoughts may best infuse.
Page 204 - That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such as have erred, and are deceived; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.