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... light , we consider it as a species of profanation , to make the Fables of La Fontaine the vehicle of political discussion and polemical controversy . It is pity too , that a volume which might please all the world , should be rendered ...
... light , we consider it as a species of profanation , to make the Fables of La Fontaine the vehicle of political discussion and polemical controversy . It is pity too , that a volume which might please all the world , should be rendered ...
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... light was it all the while , that not only the per- sons of the actors , but even the most trifling distinctions in their dresses were more than merely perceptible , so that the cunning contriver of the plot seemed to us as if he could ...
... light was it all the while , that not only the per- sons of the actors , but even the most trifling distinctions in their dresses were more than merely perceptible , so that the cunning contriver of the plot seemed to us as if he could ...
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... light troops of the literary squad are guilty of these faults - but since I have been so scrupulous as not to mention those " who are transgressors in this sort , " I , on the other hand , shall not call up the blush of modesty on the ...
... light troops of the literary squad are guilty of these faults - but since I have been so scrupulous as not to mention those " who are transgressors in this sort , " I , on the other hand , shall not call up the blush of modesty on the ...
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... lights the way to everlasting truth . Now fierce , as if in life , the monarch of the woods darts his appalling ... light had never pe- netrated until four thousand years had rolled away . Four thousand years ! By this amazing flood ...
... lights the way to everlasting truth . Now fierce , as if in life , the monarch of the woods darts his appalling ... light had never pe- netrated until four thousand years had rolled away . Four thousand years ! By this amazing flood ...
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... light of day , are there preserved , to gratify the view of prying wisdom , or the empty gaze of idle folly folly that looks with equal unconcern on nature's beautiful and frightful things . Here are the halls of wisdom , where science ...
... light of day , are there preserved , to gratify the view of prying wisdom , or the empty gaze of idle folly folly that looks with equal unconcern on nature's beautiful and frightful things . Here are the halls of wisdom , where science ...
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Page 190 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Page 4 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. Be fair or foul, or rain or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not Heaven itself upon the past has power ; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
Page 177 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 564 - LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom.
Page 427 - The Sun's rim dips; the stars rush out: At one stride comes the dark; With far-heard whisper, o'er the sea, Off shot the spectre-bark. We listened and looked sideways up! Fear at my heart, as at a cup, My life-blood seemed to sip! The stars were dim, and thick the night, The steersman's face by his lamp gleamed white; From the sails the dew did drip — Till clomb above the eastern bar The horned Moon, with one bright star Within the nether tip. One...
Page 176 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 158 - And from this constant light, so regular And so far seen, the House itself, by all Who dwelt within the limits of the vale, Both old and young, was named THE EVENING STAR.
Page 428 - Tis midnight : on the mountains brown The cold, round moon shines deeply down ; Blue roll the waters, blue the sky Spreads like an ocean hung on high, Bespangled with those isles of light, So wildly, spiritually bright ; Who ever gazed upon them shining And turned to earth without repining, Nor wished for wings to flee away, And mix with their eternal ray...
Page 403 - There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack!
Page 105 - Establishment, and the means of exciting among its members a spirit of devotion, to which the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Church Union, in the diocese of St David's, adjudged a premium of £50 in December 1820 ; by Rev.