The County [afterw.] Country miscellany, ed. by H. BurgessHenry Burgess (of Luton) 1836 |
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... fear of 92 49 104 Pictorial Bible Poor Law Guardianship Prout , Reliques of 6 32 107 .. Pym , Rev. W. W. Letter from Random Recollections of the House of Commons 115 .. 15 -House of Lords Religious Meetings Spirit and manners of the ...
... fear of 92 49 104 Pictorial Bible Poor Law Guardianship Prout , Reliques of 6 32 107 .. Pym , Rev. W. W. Letter from Random Recollections of the House of Commons 115 .. 15 -House of Lords Religious Meetings Spirit and manners of the ...
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... fear , till the storm drew near , And waves dashed on every side . " O pale was each face , on which the ray Of the lightning gleamed fearfully ; And they kneeled to pray , and did wish for the day , Which they never again should see ...
... fear , till the storm drew near , And waves dashed on every side . " O pale was each face , on which the ray Of the lightning gleamed fearfully ; And they kneeled to pray , and did wish for the day , Which they never again should see ...
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... fear , lest in the prominence given unto them , their other , and superior attractions , should be kept out of sight , The accompaniments of art then successfully aid the cause of revealed religion , when they elucidate that which is ob ...
... fear , lest in the prominence given unto them , their other , and superior attractions , should be kept out of sight , The accompaniments of art then successfully aid the cause of revealed religion , when they elucidate that which is ob ...
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... fear or shame . Those who do evil , love to be concealed , and dread detec- tion ; and when they are accused , will deny the charge ; and even when subject to torture , will not always readily confess . But if they are condemned , how ...
... fear or shame . Those who do evil , love to be concealed , and dread detec- tion ; and when they are accused , will deny the charge ; and even when subject to torture , will not always readily confess . But if they are condemned , how ...
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... fear , shame , equivocation , repentance , or grief ? What description of crime is this , the perpetrator of which rejoices in it the charge of which is prayed for , and the penalty of which is felicity ? " An Apostle once said , " who ...
... fear , shame , equivocation , repentance , or grief ? What description of crime is this , the perpetrator of which rejoices in it the charge of which is prayed for , and the penalty of which is felicity ? " An Apostle once said , " who ...
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Page 146 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 14 - Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
Page 84 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 218 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore, Perfum'd with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew, Nor yet for the ravage of winter I mourn; Kind Nature the embryo blossom will save.
Page 88 - Touching musical harmony, whether by instrument or by voice, it being but of high and low in sounds a due proportionable disposition, such notwithstanding is the force thereof, and so pleasing effects it hath in that very part of man which is most divine, that some have been thereby induced to think that the soul itself by nature is, or hath in it harmony...
Page 263 - tis like a camel, indeed. HAMLET. Methinks it is like a weasel. POLONIUS. It is backed like a weasel. HAMLET. Or like a whale? POLONIUS. Very like a whale.
Page 130 - The first tabernacle to Hope we will build, And look for the sleepers around us to rise ; The second to Faith, which insures it fulfilled ; And the third to the LAMB of the great sacrifice, Who bequeathed us them both when he rose to the skies.
Page 149 - The cemetery is an open space among the ruins, covered in winter with violets and daisies. It might make one in love with death, to think that one should be buried in so sweet a place.
Page 89 - So that although we lay altogether aside the consideration of ditty or matter, the very harmony of sounds being framed in due sort and carried from the ear to the spiritual faculties of our souls, is by a native puissance and efficacy greatly available to bring to a perfect temper whatsoever is there troubled, apt as well to quicken the spirits as to allay that which is too eager, sovereign against melancholy and despair, forcible to draw forth tears of devotion if the mind be such as can yield them,...
Page 150 - And flowering weeds and fragrant copses dress The bones of Desolation's nakedness, Pass, till the Spirit of the spot shall lead Thy footsteps to a slope of green access, Where, like an infant's smile, over the dead A light of laughing flowers along the grass is spread...