The National Magazine, Volume 3Abel Stevens, James Floy Carlton & Phillips, 1853 |
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... remarkable words : " Having observed , from my infancy , that the poor of Marseilles are ill supplied with water , which can only be procured at a great price , I have cheerfully labored the whole of my life to procure for them this ...
... remarkable words : " Having observed , from my infancy , that the poor of Marseilles are ill supplied with water , which can only be procured at a great price , I have cheerfully labored the whole of my life to procure for them this ...
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... remarkable characters , as a miser , that is to be found among the eccentric biographies of France . His riches were immense , and his avarice and parsimony extreme . He hired a mis- erable garret in one of the most obscure parts of ...
... remarkable characters , as a miser , that is to be found among the eccentric biographies of France . His riches were immense , and his avarice and parsimony extreme . He hired a mis- erable garret in one of the most obscure parts of ...
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... remarkable contrast to these ? Again if it was the intention of the Allwise to bring the whole of mankind under one bond of union , we might imag- ine that there would be visible in history some traces of previous preparation ; that ...
... remarkable contrast to these ? Again if it was the intention of the Allwise to bring the whole of mankind under one bond of union , we might imag- ine that there would be visible in history some traces of previous preparation ; that ...
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... remarkable parallel . Schrader has vividly depicted the zeal , aims , and practices of the Pharisees . By their stern theocratic exclusiveness , their minute literal observances , their proselyt- izing zeal , they formed the inner ...
... remarkable parallel . Schrader has vividly depicted the zeal , aims , and practices of the Pharisees . By their stern theocratic exclusiveness , their minute literal observances , their proselyt- izing zeal , they formed the inner ...
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... remarkable were the exploits of the once famous drummer of Tedworth ; the whimsically unac- countable knockings and bangings of " Old Jeffery , " that disturbed the family of John Wesley's father , at Epworth , in Lincolnshire , a ...
... remarkable were the exploits of the once famous drummer of Tedworth ; the whimsically unac- countable knockings and bangings of " Old Jeffery , " that disturbed the family of John Wesley's father , at Epworth , in Lincolnshire , a ...
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Page 498 - With her great Master so to sympathize : It was no season then for her To wanton with the sun, her lusty paramour. Only with speeches fair She woos the gentle air To hide her guilty front with innocent snow ; And on her naked shame, Pollute with sinful blame, The saintly veil of maiden white to throw ; Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformities.
Page 499 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres ! Once bless our human ears (If ye have power to touch our senses so), And let your silver chime Move in melodious time ; And let the bass of heaven's deep organ blow; And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Page 330 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Page 500 - The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A voice of weeping heard, and loud lament; From haunted spring and dale, Edged with poplar pale, The parting Genius is with sighing sent, With flower-inwoven tresses torn The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn.
Page 272 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 235 - Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Page 499 - And, though the shady Gloom Had given Day her room, The Sun himself withheld his wonted speed, And hid his head for shame, As his inferior flame The new-enlightened world no more should need : He saw a greater Sun appear Than his bright throne or burning axletree could bear.
Page 161 - The Discovery of a New World ; or, a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another habitable World in the Moon ; with a Discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither.
Page 500 - With terror of that blast Shall from the surface to the centre shake, When, at the world's last session, The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread his throne.
Page 393 - Fairer seems the ancient city, and the sunshine seems more fair, That he once has trod its pavement, that he once has breathed its air!