The Works of Hannah More, Volume 1T. Cadell, 1830 |
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Page 166
... prove his lowest title was a wit ? ‡ Though purer flames thy hallow'd zeal inspire Than ere were kindled at the Muse's fire ; Thee , mitred CHESTER ! § all the Nine shall boast ; And is not JOHNSON ours ? himself an host . * Then Bishop ...
... prove his lowest title was a wit ? ‡ Though purer flames thy hallow'd zeal inspire Than ere were kindled at the Muse's fire ; Thee , mitred CHESTER ! § all the Nine shall boast ; And is not JOHNSON ours ? himself an host . * Then Bishop ...
Page 172
... prove , That they should merit less , or you less love ? Yet while we claim the sympathy divine , Which makes , O man , the woes of others thine ; While her fair triumphs swell the modish page , She drives the sterner virtues from the ...
... prove , That they should merit less , or you less love ? Yet while we claim the sympathy divine , Which makes , O man , the woes of others thine ; While her fair triumphs swell the modish page , She drives the sterner virtues from the ...
Page 197
... prove the sun . NUMBERS the Hebrews ' names declare In due arrangement , just and fair : The nomenclature so exact , Not deists can disprove the fact . * Nadab and Abihu . While DEUTERONOMY repeats That law of which the other treats 0 3 ...
... prove the sun . NUMBERS the Hebrews ' names declare In due arrangement , just and fair : The nomenclature so exact , Not deists can disprove the fact . * Nadab and Abihu . While DEUTERONOMY repeats That law of which the other treats 0 3 ...
Page 204
... proves more clearly noon is bright , Than my plain WORD presents to view , All that man needs to KNOW or do . Wrapt up in majesty divine , The rest is not his care but mine . This the best knowledge man receives , " I know that my ...
... proves more clearly noon is bright , Than my plain WORD presents to view , All that man needs to KNOW or do . Wrapt up in majesty divine , The rest is not his care but mine . This the best knowledge man receives , " I know that my ...
Page 206
... posterity . Thus , though his pardon mercy seals , Sin's temporal results he feels . God with offence will have no part , Ev'n in the man of his own heart . All sadly serves to prove our fall From purity original 206 KING DAVID .
... posterity . Thus , though his pardon mercy seals , Sin's temporal results he feels . God with offence will have no part , Ev'n in the man of his own heart . All sadly serves to prove our fall From purity original 206 KING DAVID .
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1st Cour Abner Aras Araspes Babylon behold Belshazzar BIRTHA Bishop BONNER bless blest bliss boast bold bon-ton breast bright Chaldea charms crown crown'd Daniel dare Darius DAVID AND GOLIATH death deeds delight divine dread E'en e'er eternal Euphrates ev'ry fair faith fame fancy fate fear feel FLORIO fond glory God's grace hand hear heard heart Heav'n holy honour human IANTHE IANTHE's impart Israel JOCHEBED king live Lord lov'd lyre Mede mercy mighty mind moral Muse ne'er never nymph o'er passion peace Phar Pharaoh Pharnaces Philistia pleasure pow'r praise prayer pride prince promis'd prophet reign sacred sage saint Saul scene shades sight song SORANUS soul spirit sweet tale taste taught tears tell thee thine things thou hast thought trembling truth Twas vex'd virgin train virtue wealth Whate'er wisdom youth
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Page 247 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 137 - Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Page 391 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 175 - Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And though but few can serve, yet all may please; O let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. To spread large bounties though we wish in vain, Yet all may shun the guilt of giving pain...
Page 161 - The soul on earth is an immortal guest, Compelled to starve at an unreal feast : A spark, which upward tends by nature's force -. A stream, diverted from its parent source ; A drop, dissevered from the boundless sea ; A moment, parted from eternity ; A pilgrim, panting for the rest to come ; An exile, anxious for his native home.
Page 72 - Dissever'd each from each, ere long to feed The fierce, blood-snuffing vulture. Mark me well! Around my spear I'll twist thy shining locks...
Page 69 - Accept the challenge of Philistia's chief? What victor king, what gen'ral drench'd in blood. Claims this high privilege? What are his rights ? What proud credentials does the boaster bring To prove his claim? W:hat cities laid in ashes? What ruin'd provinces? What slaughter'd realms? What heads of heroes, and what hearts of kings, In battle kill'd, or at his altars slain.
Page 174 - As words are but th' external marks to tell The fair ideas in the mind that dwell ; And only are of things the outward sign, And not the things themselves they but define ; So exclamations, tender tones, fond tears, And all the graceful...
Page 24 - Fountain of Mercy! whose pervading eye Can look within and read what passes : there, Accept my thoughts for thanks ! I have no words. My soul, o'erfraught with gratitude, rejects The aid of language — Lord!
Page 35 - O bienheureux mille fois L'enfant que le Seigneur aime, Qui de bonne heure entend sa voix, Et que ce Dieu daigne instruire lui-même...