My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 157 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 157 - The land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Page 122 - Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God, Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a roguish twinkle in his eye, And shone all glittering with ungodly dew, If a tight damsel chaunc'd to trippen by ; Which when observ'd, he shrunk into his mew, And straight would recollect his piety anew.
Page 113 - But bringing up the rear of this bright host A Spirit of a different aspect waved His wings, like thunder-clouds above some coast Whose barren beach with frequent wrecks is paved ; His brow was like the deep when tempest-toss'd ; Fierce and unfathomable thoughts engraved Eternal wrath on his immortal face, And where he gazed a gloom pervaded space.
Page 115 - For it's my delight, of a shiny night, In the season of the year.
Page 167 - And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
Page 8 - Laus tua, non tua fraus, virtus non copia rerum Scandere te fecit, hoc decus eximium, Pauperibus tua das, nunquam stat janua clausa, Fundere res quaris, nee tua multiplicas, Conditio tua sit stabilis ! non tempore parvo Vivere te faciat, hie Deus omnipotens.
Page 28 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Page 82 - The workman gets from 50 to 100 per cent more money for 20 per cent less work ; in round figures he has gained from 70 to 120 per cent in fifty years in money return.
Page 40 - His hat was off, his vest apart, To catch heaven's blessed breeze; For a burning thought was in his brow, And his bosom ill at ease; So he leaned his head on his hands, and read The book between his knees!