Rhymed Plea for Tolerance: In Two Dialogues. With a Prefatory Dialogue ..E. Moxon, 1833 - 149 pages |
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... learned them to be from no limited inquiries amid their various seats of function - towns and villages . But is it fair toward these excellent men ; these teachers professed of truth and justice ; these , in the very highest acceptation ...
... learned them to be from no limited inquiries amid their various seats of function - towns and villages . But is it fair toward these excellent men ; these teachers professed of truth and justice ; these , in the very highest acceptation ...
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... learned too , that the attempt to rhyme reasonings leads to a tone some- what dogmatical ; and that the form of dialogue ( wisely or unwisely here adopted ) tempts to egotism . Such offences could not , he is aware , be pardoned to him ...
... learned too , that the attempt to rhyme reasonings leads to a tone some- what dogmatical ; and that the form of dialogue ( wisely or unwisely here adopted ) tempts to egotism . Such offences could not , he is aware , be pardoned to him ...
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... shades of parish usefulness , To his home flock did his whole soul address , Or wrought , retired within that studious home , Some learned toil for ages yet to come ; Nor harsh , meanwhile , nor loud ; but mildly FOR TOLERANCE . 71.
... shades of parish usefulness , To his home flock did his whole soul address , Or wrought , retired within that studious home , Some learned toil for ages yet to come ; Nor harsh , meanwhile , nor loud ; but mildly FOR TOLERANCE . 71.
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... learned on a haunch— Your little thinker is the truly staunch ; Or better - let thy life with deeds be fraught , Such as heaven loves - but still abstain from thought ! Beneath the surface of yon level deep , Lurk rifting rocks , and ...
... learned on a haunch— Your little thinker is the truly staunch ; Or better - let thy life with deeds be fraught , Such as heaven loves - but still abstain from thought ! Beneath the surface of yon level deep , Lurk rifting rocks , and ...
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amid ancient Augur beneath bigot blest Boileau brain breathe Calvin's charity church cling conscience creed dared deem deep DIALOGUE doctrine dogmas doubt dream Dropt duty earth earthly Evangelical faith fame favourite fear feel fierce guilt hate hath heart heaven Hence honest hopes hour JUVENAL Knighthood laity less lisp lore lyre mammon meek mild minds muse ne'er Note o'er perchance pilgrim pious playmate Pope praise prayer pride prize prostitute religion RHYMED PLEA round sabbath sage saint satire satire's scaped scarce scorn scrip sect and sect serf silent smile smite sneer Socinian Socrates sooth soul sincere spirit stern strain strife strong sublime sway Swerved sword taints taught thee thine thou thought thrall thro throne toil trembling truth turn Twas verse vice virtue virtue's Whilst wise word worldly Young savage youth
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Page 137 - Friend ! may each domestic bliss be thine ! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep awhile one parent from the sky...
Page 138 - Chill'd by the breath of Vice their radiance dies, And brightest burns when lighted at the skies ; Like Vestal flames to purest bosoms given, •And kindled only by a ray from heav'n.
Page 143 - On gilded clouds in fair expansion lie, And bring all Paradise before your eye. To rest the cushion and soft dean invite, Who never mentions hell to ears polite.
Page 147 - Let us not be offended mutually w"ith one another, for our different choice of this or that way, wherein we find most of real advantage and edification. Our greatest concern in this world, and which is common to us all, is the bettering of our spirits, and preparing them for a better world. Let no man be displeased, (especially of those who agree in all the...
Page i - ... ready to embrace and oblige all men ; allowing others to differ from him, even in opinions that were very dear to him : and provided men did but fear God and work righteousness, he loved them heartily, how distant soever from him in judgment about things less necessary : in all which he is very worthy to be a pattern to men of all persuasions whatsoever.
Page 140 - King John, his father, once demanded ten thousand marks from a Jew of Bristol ; and on his refusal, ordered one of his teeth to be drawn every day till he should comply. The Jew lost seven teeth, and then paid the sum required of...
Page 135 - But this point hold — how e'er each sect may brawl, / Where pure the life, where free the heart from gall, / What e'er the creed. Heaven looks with Love on All!
Page 142 - ... small advantage, very dearly bought, and not promising, I think, the consequences which some accounts led us to expect. But we must take what God gives. As to me, I believe my affair is out of the question. He has delayed it so long, that he is partly ashamed, partly afraid, and partly unwilling to bring it on. But in that too, submission is my duty and my policy. It signifies little how these last days are spent — and on my death — I think they will pay my debts.
Page 142 - But it signifies nothing : what I wrote was to discharge a debt I thought to my own and my son's memory, and to those who ought not to be considered as guilty of prodigality in giving me what is beyond my merits, but not beyond my debts, as you know. The public — I won't dispute longer about it — has overpaid me — I wish I could overpay my creditors. They eat deep on what was designed to maintain me.
Page 148 - Tis not in battles that from youth we train The governor who must be wise and good, And temper with the sternness of the brain Thoughts motherly, and meek as womanhood. Wisdom doth live with children round her knees...