The Life and Times of Hugh MillerRudd & Carleton, 1859 - 346 sivua |
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... subsequent to the Reformation era he had little sympathy , and certainly no enthusiasm . It was this chasm of centuries - lying a great gulf between Sir Walter and the ideas and sentiments of his countrymen -which 2 Introductory .
... subsequent to the Reformation era he had little sympathy , and certainly no enthusiasm . It was this chasm of centuries - lying a great gulf between Sir Walter and the ideas and sentiments of his countrymen -which 2 Introductory .
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... and Scotchmen . And , however easily Punch snuffed out the babblers about nationality in our own day , we believe southern chivalry found it no laughing matter to deal with the thirteenth - century 1 * Introductory . 9.
... and Scotchmen . And , however easily Punch snuffed out the babblers about nationality in our own day , we believe southern chivalry found it no laughing matter to deal with the thirteenth - century 1 * Introductory . 9.
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... century , such was Knox in the sixteenth . The foe is now no longer England , but the Pope ; not a powerful sovereign , but a powerful superstition it is the people are called to combat . We need not say how more completely here than in ...
... century , such was Knox in the sixteenth . The foe is now no longer England , but the Pope ; not a powerful sovereign , but a powerful superstition it is the people are called to combat . We need not say how more completely here than in ...
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... century before , had already appeared to the youth in the identical light - blue coat he wore when in the flesh . There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy . And those dreams and visions of which we ...
... century before , had already appeared to the youth in the identical light - blue coat he wore when in the flesh . There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy . And those dreams and visions of which we ...
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... centuries , is still very striking . The ground is invaria- bly of a deep neutral gray , verging on black , while the flattened organisms , which present about the same de- gree of relief as one sees in the figures of an embossed card ...
... centuries , is still very striking . The ground is invaria- bly of a deep neutral gray , verging on black , while the flattened organisms , which present about the same de- gree of relief as one sees in the figures of an embossed card ...
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Sivu 341 - He is gone who seem'd so great. Gone; but nothing can bereave him Of the force he made his own Being here, and we believe him Something far advanced in State, And that he wears a truer crown Than any wreath that man can weave him. Speak no more of his renown, Lay your earthly fancies down, And in the vast cathedral leave him. God accept him, Christ receive him.
Sivu 260 - The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend ! whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this earthly hole, In low pursuit ; Know, prudent, cautious, self-control Is wisdom's root.
Sivu 41 - ... the best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft agley.
Sivu 304 - There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
Sivu 315 - And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky.
Sivu 302 - ... were a fortification against sweetness of temper, natural affection, and gentle intercourse. There was the resentful Sunday of a little later, when he sat glowering and glooming through the tardy length of the day, with a sullen sense of injury in his heart, and no more real knowledge of the beneficent history of the New Testament, than if he had been bred among idolaters. There was a legion of Sundays, all days of unserviceable bitterness and mortification, slowly passing before him. 'Beg pardon,...
Sivu 332 - No more? A monster then, a dream, A discord. Dragons of the prime, That tare each other in their slime. Were mellow music match'd with him. O life as futile, then, as frail! O for thy voice to soothe and bless ! What hope of answer, or redress ? Behind the veil, behind the veil.
Sivu 338 - The cause of death we found to be a pistol-shot through the left side of the chest ; and this, we are satisfied, was inflicted by his own hand. ' From the diseased appearances found in the brain, taken in connection with the history of the case, we have no doubt that the act was suicidal under the impulse of insanity.
Sivu 121 - Then O, my first, my only love, The kindliest, dearest, best ! On Him may all our hopes repose,— On Him our wishes rest. His be the future's doubtful day, Let joy or grief befall : In life or death, in weal or woe, Our God, our guide, our all.
Sivu 298 - Ah! could you but see Bet Bouncer of these parts, you might then talk of beauty. Ecod, she has two eyes as black as sloes, and cheeks as broad and red as a pulpit cushion.