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... hands of these superficial advocates ? 198. And shall not the Christian blush to repine ; the Christian from before whom the veil is removed ; to whose eyes are revealed the glories of heaven ? 199. Why , for so many a year , has the ...
... hands of these superficial advocates ? 198. And shall not the Christian blush to repine ; the Christian from before whom the veil is removed ; to whose eyes are revealed the glories of heaven ? 199. Why , for so many a year , has the ...
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... hand the while be kind or cruel ? 209. How speedily , under their well - directed bene- ficence , might a whole country change its physical , in- tellectual , and moral aspect ; and assume , comparatively speaking , the face of another ...
... hand the while be kind or cruel ? 209. How speedily , under their well - directed bene- ficence , might a whole country change its physical , in- tellectual , and moral aspect ; and assume , comparatively speaking , the face of another ...
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... hand prepare some future wreath , let me the gift resign : transfer the rosy garland : let it bloom around the temples of that friend beloved , on whose maternal bosom , even now , I lay my aching head . 227. Patience produces unity in ...
... hand prepare some future wreath , let me the gift resign : transfer the rosy garland : let it bloom around the temples of that friend beloved , on whose maternal bosom , even now , I lay my aching head . 227. Patience produces unity in ...
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... hands ; the vaulted firmament : far in the woods , almost beyond the sound of city - chime , at intervals heard through the breezeless air . : grow : 235. As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial , but did not perceive its ...
... hands ; the vaulted firmament : far in the woods , almost beyond the sound of city - chime , at intervals heard through the breezeless air . : grow : 235. As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial , but did not perceive its ...
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... hand a fresh nibbed patent pen , dipped ever and anon into the ink bottle , as if to hook up ideas , and under the outspread palm of the left hand a fair sheet of best Bath post , ( ready to receive thoughts yet unhatched , ) on which ...
... hand a fresh nibbed patent pen , dipped ever and anon into the ink bottle , as if to hook up ideas , and under the outspread palm of the left hand a fair sheet of best Bath post , ( ready to receive thoughts yet unhatched , ) on which ...
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Page 130 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Page 24 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Page 135 - Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown : He raised a mortal to the skies: She drew an angel down.
Page 116 - We have no slaves at home — then why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 63 - And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.
Page 110 - O, THOU ETERNAL ONE ! whose presence bright All space doth occupy, all motion guide ; Unchanged through time's all-devastating flight ; Thou only God ! There is no God beside ! Being above all beings ! Mighty One Whom none can comprehend and none explore...
Page 33 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up.
Page 115 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart.
Page 136 - I call upon the honour of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character.
Page 126 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind. Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition.