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... things were , that were most precious to me . " • Did Heaven look on and would not take his part ? ' The Lord is righteous , let him do that which seemeth good unto him . " The Lord hath given , and the Lord hath taken away . ' I am no ...
... things were , that were most precious to me . " • Did Heaven look on and would not take his part ? ' The Lord is righteous , let him do that which seemeth good unto him . " The Lord hath given , and the Lord hath taken away . ' I am no ...
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... thing in a human shape not subject to ri- sibility , I set it down as a mark of a weak and uncultivated intellect , or a bad and a vitiated heart , or both : we find the greatest quantity of laughter among those nations which possess ...
... thing in a human shape not subject to ri- sibility , I set it down as a mark of a weak and uncultivated intellect , or a bad and a vitiated heart , or both : we find the greatest quantity of laughter among those nations which possess ...
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... thing with stupidity , that they have ranked these words as synonimes ; hence we see , under the article " grave , vide dull , " and under the word " dull , vide grave . " The proverbial want of risibility in the Spaniard , the German ...
... thing with stupidity , that they have ranked these words as synonimes ; hence we see , under the article " grave , vide dull , " and under the word " dull , vide grave . " The proverbial want of risibility in the Spaniard , the German ...
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... things of this kind , which were not easily repaired by my father's moderate income . Wherefore it was determined that I should first go to a private seminary at and thence into the college founded by ... cancy made room ; for my ...
... things of this kind , which were not easily repaired by my father's moderate income . Wherefore it was determined that I should first go to a private seminary at and thence into the college founded by ... cancy made room ; for my ...
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... thing that it was morally impossible should ever enter into my head ? Accordingly I underwent a flagellation very little short of being flay'd alive . This horri- ble and wanton barbarity did not prepossess the master in my favour ...
... thing that it was morally impossible should ever enter into my head ? Accordingly I underwent a flagellation very little short of being flay'd alive . This horri- ble and wanton barbarity did not prepossess the master in my favour ...
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Page 115 - But farther, it is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial knowledge of philosophy may incline the mind of man to atheism, but a farther proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion ; for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth...
Page 268 - Me miserable! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep, Still threatening to devour me, opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Page 181 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 144 - The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, And the earth is burned at his presence, Yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. Who can stand before his indignation ? And who can abide in the fierceness of his anger ? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are thrown down by him.
Page 214 - To reform and not to chastise I am afraid is impossible, and that the best precepts, as well as the best laws, would prove of small use if there were no examples to enforce them. To attack vices in the abstract, without touching persons, may be safe fighting indeed, but it is fighting with shadows.
Page 257 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 282 - Long in his highness' favour, and do justice For truth's sake, and his conscience ; that his bones, When he has run his course, and sleeps in blessings, May have a tomb of orphans' tears wept on 'em ! What more ? Crom.
Page 79 - ... Smooth to the shelving brink a copious flood Rolls fair, and placid; where collected all, In one impetuous torrent, down the steep It thundering shoots, and shakes the country round. At first, an azure sheet, it rushes broad ; Then whitening by degrees, as prone it falls, And from the loud-resounding rocks below Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft A hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless shower.
Page 217 - On the other side up rose Belial, in act more graceful and humane; A fairer person lost not Heaven; he seemed For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels...
Page 143 - And at its base, from whence the serpent glides Down the green desert street, yon hoary monk laments the same, the vision as he views, The solitary, silent, solemn scene, Where Caesars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie, Blended in dust together ; where the slave Rests from his labours ; where th' insulting proud Resigns his power ; the miser drops his hoard , Where human folly sleeps.