Memoir of Old Humphrey [pseud.]: With Gleanings from His Portfolio, in Prose and Verse |
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... head to foot . He was learned , pious , and kind ; but neither his piety , his kind- ness , nor his learning , could defend him , when ex- cited , from a high state of nervousness . Hardly would a fit of the palsy have affected him more ...
... head to foot . He was learned , pious , and kind ; but neither his piety , his kind- ness , nor his learning , could defend him , when ex- cited , from a high state of nervousness . Hardly would a fit of the palsy have affected him more ...
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... head of the writer was uncovered with gray hairs . Thus , unconsciously , was he pluming his wings for other flights , and qualifying nimself for more arduous undertakings . An acquaintance with Pratt , author of " The Gleaner " and ...
... head of the writer was uncovered with gray hairs . Thus , unconsciously , was he pluming his wings for other flights , and qualifying nimself for more arduous undertakings . An acquaintance with Pratt , author of " The Gleaner " and ...
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... head are seen , it seems but as yesterday when the report was made to me of the effect produced by my poor doggerel verses on the rustic throng for whose benefit they were composed . The sing - song stanzas , and the plain tale they ...
... head are seen , it seems but as yesterday when the report was made to me of the effect produced by my poor doggerel verses on the rustic throng for whose benefit they were composed . The sing - song stanzas , and the plain tale they ...
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... ( head- piece ) that writ Thomas Brown . ' " Soon after this the dialogue appeared in print in different editions . A young friend , a printer , applied for and obtained permission to publish it . The late Dr. Booker , if I am not ...
... ( head- piece ) that writ Thomas Brown . ' " Soon after this the dialogue appeared in print in different editions . A young friend , a printer , applied for and obtained permission to publish it . The late Dr. Booker , if I am not ...
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... , as a pale - faced wo- man , habited in black , with a crape bonnet on her head , moves on with a dejected air , ' May thy Maker be thy Husband , and thy mourning be turned into ASSUMES THE NAME OF " OLD HUMPHREY . " 4 ?
... , as a pale - faced wo- man , habited in black , with a crape bonnet on her head , moves on with a dejected air , ' May thy Maker be thy Husband , and thy mourning be turned into ASSUMES THE NAME OF " OLD HUMPHREY . " 4 ?
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Page 127 - I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Page 94 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.
Page 19 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Page 186 - When in the night I sleepless lie, My soul with heavenly thoughts supply ; Let no ill dreams disturb my rest, No powers of darkness me molest.
Page 251 - For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world ; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Page 119 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, 0 God, Thou wilt not despise.
Page 97 - And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Page 153 - PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary : praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Page 176 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Page 118 - For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.