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... holy , the humble and the brave , shall meet together , and when the world shall trouble them no more . But a subject still re- mains to be examined . I am your Host , my reader ; and I grieve to be obliged to lead you from the cheerful ...
... holy , the humble and the brave , shall meet together , and when the world shall trouble them no more . But a subject still re- mains to be examined . I am your Host , my reader ; and I grieve to be obliged to lead you from the cheerful ...
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... holy men , in different monasteries and religious houses , where I have been lodged during the course of my travels . Therefore , the reader will find nothing here but what has been said by many wise and learned holy men . In good truth ...
... holy men , in different monasteries and religious houses , where I have been lodged during the course of my travels . Therefore , the reader will find nothing here but what has been said by many wise and learned holy men . In good truth ...
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... holy religious men to retain that singleness of heart , that silent and dignified tranquillity , which Seem something more than human , amid those gloomy visions which so often pass through this lower world . The clouds gather round ...
... holy religious men to retain that singleness of heart , that silent and dignified tranquillity , which Seem something more than human , amid those gloomy visions which so often pass through this lower world . The clouds gather round ...
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... holy chapels , now roofless and overspread with weeds , and without a tenant , save the mournful bird of night . And if at any time , in the hour of feeling and of poetry , we seat ourselves on the ivy - mantled tower of one of those ...
... holy chapels , now roofless and overspread with weeds , and without a tenant , save the mournful bird of night . And if at any time , in the hour of feeling and of poetry , we seat ourselves on the ivy - mantled tower of one of those ...
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... as they happened to be subjects of England , or Scotland , or Geneva ; but they were P II . XX . 251 . De Finibus , IV . members of that one holy , visible , universal , 24 MORUS . furnish a sufficient reply to all such hostile propo- ...
... as they happened to be subjects of England , or Scotland , or Geneva ; but they were P II . XX . 251 . De Finibus , IV . members of that one holy , visible , universal , 24 MORUS . furnish a sufficient reply to all such hostile propo- ...
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Page 248 - Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong, They learn in suffering what they teach in song.
Page 223 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge., and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
Page 288 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen : The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Page 70 - tis the hour of prayer ! Ave Maria ! 'tis the hour of love ! Ave Maria ! may our spirits dare Look up to thine and to thy Son's above...
Page 175 - Ye brown o'erarching groves, That contemplation loves, Where willowy Camus lingers with delight ! Oft at the blush of dawn I trod your level lawn, Oft woo'd the gleam of Cynthia silver-bright In cloisters dim, far from the haunts of Folly, With Freedom by my side, and soft-eyed Melancholy.
Page 200 - Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected Spirit that fell From Heaven; for even in Heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific.
Page 51 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below In service high and anthems clear As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Page 36 - I am, I confess, naturally inclined to that which misguided zeal terms superstition : my common conversation I do acknowledge austere, my behaviour full of rigour, sometimes not without morosity; yet at my devotion I love to use the civility of my knee, my hat, and hand, with all those outward and sensible motions which may express or promote my invisible devotion.
Page 58 - Te gloriosus Apostolorum chorus, Te prophetarum laudabilis numerus, Te Martyrum candidatus laudat exercitus.
Page 300 - But hark ! the portals sound, and pacing forth With solemn steps and slow, High potentates, and dames of royal birth, And mitred fathers in long order go...