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... whole ; sky ! " To apply the lines of a reflective poet , - " Tis not their own crimes only , men commit ; They harrow them into another's breast , And they shall reap the growth with bitter pain . " Very forcibly Mr. Isaac Taylor warns ...
... whole ; sky ! " To apply the lines of a reflective poet , - " Tis not their own crimes only , men commit ; They harrow them into another's breast , And they shall reap the growth with bitter pain . " Very forcibly Mr. Isaac Taylor warns ...
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... whole class of literature , not the less influential because it is somewhat vague in its octrines , and rests rather on sentiments than on dogmas . " Now this writer believes it to be always the best to look such questions in the face ...
... whole class of literature , not the less influential because it is somewhat vague in its octrines , and rests rather on sentiments than on dogmas . " Now this writer believes it to be always the best to look such questions in the face ...
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... whole , achieve with her subjects , exclaims Mr. Herman Merivale , " thus gently led , than those of her predecessors and successors who employed on them in such abundance the more forcible methods of government ! " Mr. Freeman , in the ...
... whole , achieve with her subjects , exclaims Mr. Herman Merivale , " thus gently led , than those of her predecessors and successors who employed on them in such abundance the more forcible methods of government ! " Mr. Freeman , in the ...
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... whole class into tears . Fielding's boy - hero is at once in tears when the kind squire takes him in hand , instead of the harsh tutor ; his " guilt now flew in his face more than any severity could make it . He could more easily bear ...
... whole class into tears . Fielding's boy - hero is at once in tears when the kind squire takes him in hand , instead of the harsh tutor ; his " guilt now flew in his face more than any severity could make it . He could more easily bear ...
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... whole of them perished by assassination at a great imperial banquet . " Iterated and reiterated in holy writ is the retributive law that the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness ; that transgressors shall be taken in their own ...
... whole of them perished by assassination at a great imperial banquet . " Iterated and reiterated in holy writ is the retributive law that the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness ; that transgressors shall be taken in their own ...
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Æsop asks beauty bids book of Proverbs brother called child Christian Cicero dæmon darkness dead death died Divine dream earth Emperor essayist evil exclaims eyes father fear feel French gentle God's hand happy Hartley Coleridge hath Hazael hear heart heaven honour hope Horace Walpole hour human judge king knew Lady Lebanon Leigh Hunt letter light live look Lord Lord Lytton Madame de Sévigné Marcus Antoninus mind Molière moral nature never night observes once Owen Feltham passed passion perhaps Pharaoh philosopher play Plutarch poet pray prayer promise prophet protestations proverb recognised reminds rest says seems sense shadow Shakspeare Shakspeare's Sir Thomas Browne sleep sorrow soul spirit story stranger sweet tells Terah thee things thou thought to-morrow told truth turn unto utter whole wise words writes
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Page 191 - By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Page 9 - In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
Page 11 - Grey. But then I sigh, and with a piece of Scripture, Tell them — that God bids us do good for evil ; And thus I clothe my naked villany With old odd ends, stolen forth of holy writ ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
Page 257 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 350 - For nought so vile that on the earth doth live, But to the earth some special good doth give...
Page 332 - Nebuchadnezzar : and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds
Page 381 - What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded ; 8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
Page 159 - Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. " Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die.
Page 381 - I was all ear, !(« And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
Page 226 - Cover your heads, and mock not flesh and blood With solemn reverence : throw away respect, Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty, For you have but mistook me all this while: I live with bread like you, feel want, Taste grief, need friends: subjected thus, How can you say to me I am a king?