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... called at an early hour . If I were asked whom I consider to be the happiest of the human race , I should answer , those who culti- vate the earth by their own hands . THE merchants of Antwerp were at one time the most wealthy body of ...
... called at an early hour . If I were asked whom I consider to be the happiest of the human race , I should answer , those who culti- vate the earth by their own hands . THE merchants of Antwerp were at one time the most wealthy body of ...
Page 47
... called Herbene . This bird in winter is perfectly white ; in spring and summer , black and white mix - in ed ; and in autumn , nearly black : they are found in abundance in the neighbourhood of the convent . The chapel is large and ...
... called Herbene . This bird in winter is perfectly white ; in spring and summer , black and white mix - in ed ; and in autumn , nearly black : they are found in abundance in the neighbourhood of the convent . The chapel is large and ...
Page 62
... called for his horse , and rode on ; passing many pools of water , of which it was impossible to guess the depth , and which he cannot review with- out some censure of his own rash- ness ; but what a man undertakes , he must perform ...
... called for his horse , and rode on ; passing many pools of water , of which it was impossible to guess the depth , and which he cannot review with- out some censure of his own rash- ness ; but what a man undertakes , he must perform ...
Page 81
... called crew occur , to repair immediatel Ordinarily man this kind the duty ws to my state - room and arm himsel His usul berth was in the steerag hat I directed that he should , on th the mate , but Bet myelf and gave following morning ...
... called crew occur , to repair immediatel Ordinarily man this kind the duty ws to my state - room and arm himsel His usul berth was in the steerag hat I directed that he should , on th the mate , but Bet myelf and gave following morning ...
Page 82
... called at four o'clock , for the morn- ing watch . A week perhaps had passed over in this way , when one night , in the mid - watch , all hands were called to shorten sail . Ordinarily upon occasions of this kind , the duty was ...
... called at four o'clock , for the morn- ing watch . A week perhaps had passed over in this way , when one night , in the mid - watch , all hands were called to shorten sail . Ordinarily upon occasions of this kind , the duty was ...
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Popular passages
Page 110 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 12 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 131 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Page 126 - Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us : therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness ; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Page 38 - let the errors and follies, the dangers and escape of this day, sink deep into thy heart. Remember, my son, that human life is the journey of a day. We rise in the morning of youth, full of vigour and full of expectation; we set forward with spirit and hope, with gaiety and with diligence, and travel on a while in the straight road of piety towards the mansions of rest.
Page 316 - Paul's ministry, shall be his hope, and joy, and crown of rejoicing "in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming
Page 8 - He had disparaged himself by so dirty an employment,' his answer was, ' That the thought of what he had done would prove music to him at midnight; and that the omission of it would have upbraided and made discord in his conscience, whensoever he should pass by that place ; for if I be bound to pray for all that be in...
Page 210 - Where glistening streamers waved and danced, The wanderer's eye could barely view The summer heaven's delicious blue; So wondrous wild, the whole might seem The scenery of a fairy dream.
Page 218 - Wholly unacquainted with the world in which they are so fond of meddling, and inexperienced in all its affairs, on which they pronounce with so much confidence, they have nothing of politics but the passions they excite. Surely the church is a place where one day's truce ought to be allowed to the dissensions and animosities of mankind.