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... hope that this volume may , perchance , be opened by some young man who , at his entrance into life , is meditating upon that " suavissima vita indies sentire se fieri me- liorem . " May this little spark of holy fire direct him to the ...
... hope that this volume may , perchance , be opened by some young man who , at his entrance into life , is meditating upon that " suavissima vita indies sentire se fieri me- liorem . " May this little spark of holy fire direct him to the ...
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... from his bed of grass , and soaring upwards singing as he rises , and hopes to get to heaven , and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind , and his motion made.
... from his bed of grass , and soaring upwards singing as he rises , and hopes to get to heaven , and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind , and his motion made.
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... he did not worship thee . God answered him , I have suffered him these hundred years , although he dishonoured me ; and couldst not thou endure him one night ? * * Liberty of Prophesying . ON HOPE . HOPE is like the wing of an 24 ...
... he did not worship thee . God answered him , I have suffered him these hundred years , although he dishonoured me ; and couldst not thou endure him one night ? * * Liberty of Prophesying . ON HOPE . HOPE is like the wing of an 24 ...
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Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) Basil Montagu. ON HOPE . HOPE is like the wing of an angel soaring up to heaven , and bears our prayers to the throne of God . THE HOPES OF MAN . As a worm creepeth with her belly on the ground ...
Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) Basil Montagu. ON HOPE . HOPE is like the wing of an angel soaring up to heaven , and bears our prayers to the throne of God . THE HOPES OF MAN . As a worm creepeth with her belly on the ground ...
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... hopes , the salvation of his soul in the resurrection of the dead . * ON MARRIAGE . 6 FROM SERMON , † ENTITLED THE MARRIAGE RING . ' 1. Marriage compared with single life . 2. Marriage considered by itself . 1st . As it relates equally ...
... hopes , the salvation of his soul in the resurrection of the dead . * ON MARRIAGE . 6 FROM SERMON , † ENTITLED THE MARRIAGE RING . ' 1. Marriage compared with single life . 2. Marriage considered by itself . 1st . As it relates equally ...
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Page 105 - Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual restore such an one in the spirit of meekness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Gal. chap. vi.
Page 346 - extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigourously productive, as those fabulous dragons teeth ; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. LICENSERS OF THE PRESS. LEST some should persuade ye, lords and commons, that
Page 193 - Bacon, in his Essay on Adversity, says,—The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude, which in morals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of
Page 318 - to choak a gibing spirit. Whose influence is begot of that loose grace, Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools: " A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it; never in the tongue Of him that makes it.
Page 202 - To make us truly blest; If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest]: Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang; ,.', The heart ay's the part ay, That makes us right or wrang. BURNS,
Page 354 - Instruct me—what in me is dark illumine, what low, raise and support.—MILTON. Father of light and life! thou good supreme, O teach me what is good! teach me thyself; Save me from folly, vanity, and vice. From every low pursuit 1 and feed my soul, ' With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue
Page 394 - in aspiring to perfection 1 In regions mild of calm and serene air. Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot, Which men call earth, and with low thoughted care Confined, and pestered in this pinfold here. Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, &c. Do not the pleasures of imagination enable the mind to indulge its love
Page 394 - have not lost To love, at least contemplate and admire, What I see excellent in good, or fair, Or virtuous. MILTON. Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth Of noble natures: In spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits. KEATS.
Page 122 - 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 store house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 206 - faire du potage excellent." See the character of Croker in Goldsmith's Good-natured Man. See Goldsmith's Essay, 230. Be not over exquisite To cast the fashion of uncertain evils; For grant they be so, while they rest unknown, What need a man forstall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid