The Life of Hannah More: With Notices of Her Sisters, Nide 1T. Cadell, 1838 - 399 sivua |
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Sivu xii
... the writer has possessed such advan- tages as might seem to justify him in ac- ceding to the wishes of his friends and to his own inclinations , he has also experienced some inconveniences , for the results of which he hopes xii PREFACE .
... the writer has possessed such advan- tages as might seem to justify him in ac- ceding to the wishes of his friends and to his own inclinations , he has also experienced some inconveniences , for the results of which he hopes xii PREFACE .
Sivu 13
... wish alone : Almighty , Wise , and Good ! Thy will be done . " Shortly after the composition of this poem , the sisters had prospered sufficiently to enable them to build a house on a more extensive scale , which was the first erected ...
... wish alone : Almighty , Wise , and Good ! Thy will be done . " Shortly after the composition of this poem , the sisters had prospered sufficiently to enable them to build a house on a more extensive scale , which was the first erected ...
Sivu 19
... wishes to be the husband of Hannah More , and that she was intended for higher things . At his death he bequeathed to her the sum of one thousand pounds ; thus testifying to the last the esteem with which he regarded her . It was ...
... wishes to be the husband of Hannah More , and that she was intended for higher things . At his death he bequeathed to her the sum of one thousand pounds ; thus testifying to the last the esteem with which he regarded her . It was ...
Sivu 25
... wish of Garrick , though not of Hannah , that it should be acted at Covent Garden ; but a pique on the part of the principal actress rendered this impracticable . To return , however , to the year 1774. It is seldom that a contested ...
... wish of Garrick , though not of Hannah , that it should be acted at Covent Garden ; but a pique on the part of the principal actress rendered this impracticable . To return , however , to the year 1774. It is seldom that a contested ...
Sivu 39
... wish to injure Mrs. Cowley , or that carries any thing like revenge or womanish pride . I want not to hurt her , but to clear myself . I am contented she should be the first genius , so that I am not the greatest thief . " On Mrs ...
... wish to injure Mrs. Cowley , or that carries any thing like revenge or womanish pride . I want not to hurt her , but to clear myself . I am contented she should be the first genius , so that I am not the greatest thief . " On Mrs ...
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acquainted admiration afterwards Ann Yearsley appeared attendance Barley Wood Bath benevolence Bere Bible Bishop Bishop of London Bishop Porteus Blagdon blessing Bristol Cadell chapter character charge Cheap Repository Cheddar Christian Church of England clergy conduct Congresbury Cowslip Green curate death dissent doctrine dramatick duty effect established faith favour female education French French Revolution friends Garrick grace Gwatkin Hannah Hannah More's heart Henry Thompson holy honour human ignorance infidel instruction labours lady language learned less letter literary Lord Louisa Mendip ment mind minister Miss More's moral Nailsea nature never object occasion opinion parish Percy perhaps persons piety pious pleasure poem poor practice prayer present principles publick racter reader rector religion religious Rowberrow says scarcely Scripture servant Shipham sisters society soul spirit taste thing thought tion tracts truth views visited Wedmore Wrington writings young
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Sivu 371 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Sivu 395 - Be ye sure that the Lord he is God : it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Sivu 58 - Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. 13: Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Sivu 7 - Yet empty of all good, wherein consists Woman's domestic honour and chief praise; Bred only and completed to the taste Of lustful appetence, to sing, to dance, To dress, and troll the tongue, and roll the eye...
Sivu 288 - For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
Sivu 156 - Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee : hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity : the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Sivu 376 - There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Sivu 398 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Sivu 386 - A wit's a feather, and a chief's a rod; An honest man's the noblest work of God.
Sivu 254 - PRACTICAL PIETY; Or, the Influence of the Religion of the Heart on the Conduct of the Life, 32mo, portrait, cloth, 2s.
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