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Kenelm Henry Digby. TRUE ΤΟ Darell YOU Trewornan , Cornwall . BX 1780 D58 ARTES 1817 SCIENTIA LIBRARY VERITAS OF THE.
Kenelm Henry Digby. TRUE ΤΟ Darell YOU Trewornan , Cornwall . BX 1780 D58 ARTES 1817 SCIENTIA LIBRARY VERITAS OF THE.
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... true ; and with sweetness will- ing to confute if any other should advance what is not true : no less with sweetness willing to be con- futed than to confute ; which may be the greater good , as far as it is a greater good to free ...
... true ; and with sweetness will- ing to confute if any other should advance what is not true : no less with sweetness willing to be con- futed than to confute ; which may be the greater good , as far as it is a greater good to free ...
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... true of the crusader ; and a life devoted to the stu- dy of profound philosophy , had conducted the count of Stolberg to the same conclusion : " Without love to God there can be no true love . " " ohne Liebe zu Gott ist keine wahre ...
... true of the crusader ; and a life devoted to the stu- dy of profound philosophy , had conducted the count of Stolberg to the same conclusion : " Without love to God there can be no true love . " " ohne Liebe zu Gott ist keine wahre ...
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... True it is that the un- derstanding of some may be fully convinced , that the heart may be moved with the most affecting im- pressions , that the taste and genius may be called f Tacitus , Hist . XI . 47 . in to excite interest , that ...
... True it is that the un- derstanding of some may be fully convinced , that the heart may be moved with the most affecting im- pressions , that the taste and genius may be called f Tacitus , Hist . XI . 47 . in to excite interest , that ...
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... true of the most admired writers of the age , that no man alive can tell what to make of them , or what they would be at . " This is however opposed , not only to the discharge of a religious duty , but also to the candour and firmness ...
... true of the most admired writers of the age , that no man alive can tell what to make of them , or what they would be at . " This is however opposed , not only to the discharge of a religious duty , but also to the candour and firmness ...
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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...