Chambers's Cyclop¿dia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British and American Authors, with Specimens of Their Writings, 3–4. köideRobert Chambers American Book Exchange, 1881 |
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... fear of God , that he might receive wisdom from him ; that by it he might be ordered , and with it might order all things under his band unto God's glory . I spoke much to him of truth ; and a great deal of discourse I had with him ...
... fear of God , that he might receive wisdom from him ; that by it he might be ordered , and with it might order all things under his band unto God's glory . I spoke much to him of truth ; and a great deal of discourse I had with him ...
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... fear of the Lord , and a sweet and amiable disposition , such as you can love above all this world ; and that may make your habitations pleasant and desirable to you . And being married , be tender , affectionate , patient , and meek ...
... fear of the Lord , and a sweet and amiable disposition , such as you can love above all this world ; and that may make your habitations pleasant and desirable to you . And being married , be tender , affectionate , patient , and meek ...
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... fear if he could but bring it to the court or assize where he was judge ; for the other judges seldom contradicted him . He was the great instrument for rebuilding London ; for when an act was made for deciding all controversies that ...
... fear if he could but bring it to the court or assize where he was judge ; for the other judges seldom contradicted him . He was the great instrument for rebuilding London ; for when an act was made for deciding all controversies that ...
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... fear the steeple should fall upon my head . Another thing was my dancing ; I was a full year before I could quite leave that . But all this while , when I thought I kept that or this commandment , or did by word or deed anything I ...
... fear the steeple should fall upon my head . Another thing was my dancing ; I was a full year before I could quite leave that . But all this while , when I thought I kept that or this commandment , or did by word or deed anything I ...
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... fear to put it to the proof ? If his opinion be settled upon a firm foɑndation , if the arguments that support it , and have obtained his assent , be clear . good , and convincing , why should he be shy to have it tried whether they be ...
... fear to put it to the proof ? If his opinion be settled upon a firm foɑndation , if the arguments that support it , and have obtained his assent , be clear . good , and convincing , why should he be shy to have it tried whether they be ...
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Page 68 - THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, . Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to misery all he had, a tear: He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend.
Page 143 - Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place : The whitewashed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules...
Page 9 - Sent forth a sleepy horror through the blood; And where this valley winded out below, The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow. A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye : And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky...
Page 66 - And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
Page 143 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Page 143 - Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily care; No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale; No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear...
Page 35 - ... found themselves quickly at a stand, by the difficulties that rose on every side. After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer a resolution of those doubts which perplexed us, it came into my thoughts, that we took a wrong course ; and that before we set ourselves upon inquiries of that nature, it was necessary to examine our own abilities, and see what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with.
Page 141 - The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out, to tire each other down; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter tittered round the place; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance that would those looks reprove, — These were thy charms, sweet village! sports like these, With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to please; These, round thy bowers their cheerful influence shed, These were thy charms, — but all these charms are fled!
Page 224 - Chiefs, graced with scars, and prodigal of blood ; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints, who taught, and led, the way to heaven.
Page 141 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...