Men, Places, and ThingsS.C. Griggs & Company, 1887 - 396 pages |
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... Preacher , " as rather a prophecy of literary skill than the fulfilment , an earnest of some future achievement , rather than the achievement itself . They were thrown off , with little care , in the intervals of severe pro- fessional ...
... Preacher , " as rather a prophecy of literary skill than the fulfilment , an earnest of some future achievement , rather than the achievement itself . They were thrown off , with little care , in the intervals of severe pro- fessional ...
Page 95
... preach in a blue coat with brass buttons , and top - boots , but this was from eccen- tricity , not from fondness for display . Goldsmith , when he sought to take orders in Ireland , tried to dazzle his bishop by a pair of scarlet ...
... preach in a blue coat with brass buttons , and top - boots , but this was from eccen- tricity , not from fondness for display . Goldsmith , when he sought to take orders in Ireland , tried to dazzle his bishop by a pair of scarlet ...
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... preaching , and stood quite still , that one Sunday , after returning from church , he asked his wife why the congregation looked so intently at him . during the service . " How could they help it , dear , " she replied , " when one of ...
... preaching , and stood quite still , that one Sunday , after returning from church , he asked his wife why the congregation looked so intently at him . during the service . " How could they help it , dear , " she replied , " when one of ...
Page 118
... preach with his gloves on , and with his hands thrust into the pockets of his trousers . As he ad- vanced with his ... preaching as " a button - time . " The peculiarities of Dr. Fuller were trivial compared with the eccentricities of ...
... preach with his gloves on , and with his hands thrust into the pockets of his trousers . As he ad- vanced with his ... preaching as " a button - time . " The peculiarities of Dr. Fuller were trivial compared with the eccentricities of ...
Page 119
... preacher said : " If the writer of this piece of folly and impertinence is in the con- gregation , and will go into the vestry after service , and let me put a saddle on his back , I will ride him home , instead of going home in my ...
... preacher said : " If the writer of this piece of folly and impertinence is in the con- gregation , and will go into the vestry after service , and let me put a saddle on his back , I will ride him home , instead of going home in my ...
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Page 362 - But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity.
Page 176 - And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein: Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Page 177 - And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Page 177 - And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
Page 148 - No man ever was left to himself for the first time in the streets, as yet unknown, of London, but he must have been saddened and mortified, perhaps terrified, by the sense of desertion and utter loneliness which belong to his situation. No loneliness can be like that which weighs upon the heart in the centre of faces never ending, without voice or utterance for him ; eyes innumerable, that have
Page 178 - He maketh the wrath of man to praise him, and the remainder of that wrath he restrains.
Page 365 - I was so persecuted with discussions arising out of my theory of light, that I blamed my own imprudence for parting with so substantial a blessing as my quiet, to run after a shadow.
Page 55 - Apropos of the complexion : I did not like that blue coat you wore when I last saw you ; you look best in black, — which is a great compliment, for people must be very distinguished in appearance in order to do so.
Page 364 - This is that Incitatus," when they were led prancing through the streets, as "This is that Alexander," or, "This is that Domitian;" and truly, for the latter, I take Incitatus to have been a much more honourable beast than his master, and more deserving the consulship, than he the empire.
Page 75 - Invention is one of the great marks of genius ; but if we consult experience we shall find that it is by being conversant with the inventions of others that we learn to invent, as by reading the thoughts of others we learn to think.