Memoir of Old Humphrey [pseud.]: With Gleanings from His Portfolio, in Prose and Verse |
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... remarks have been made hastily , as sudden impulses have called them forth ; at other times , they have been written down with greater re- flection and care . " A habit of frequently reviewing the past ma- terially aided in turning to ...
... remarks have been made hastily , as sudden impulses have called them forth ; at other times , they have been written down with greater re- flection and care . " A habit of frequently reviewing the past ma- terially aided in turning to ...
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... I shrank from the humiliation of being considered its author . Many a time in company , with a blushing face , have I smarted under the galling lash of complimentary remarks addressed to me as the 36 MEMOIR OF OLD HUMPHREY .
... I shrank from the humiliation of being considered its author . Many a time in company , with a blushing face , have I smarted under the galling lash of complimentary remarks addressed to me as the 36 MEMOIR OF OLD HUMPHREY .
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... remarks addressed to me as the author of ' Thomas Brown . ' " " Among the admirers of this tract was a friend , who took a lively interest in spreading it as widely as he could ; and many a packet of the dialogue ac- companied the ...
... remarks addressed to me as the author of ' Thomas Brown . ' " " Among the admirers of this tract was a friend , who took a lively interest in spreading it as widely as he could ; and many a packet of the dialogue ac- companied the ...
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... remark . Under the surface of a lively style there ran a flow of deep solemnity . He ever took a sunny and hopeful view of things as they rose before him ; yet , however gay , he was never volatile , nor lost sight of the re ...
... remark . Under the surface of a lively style there ran a flow of deep solemnity . He ever took a sunny and hopeful view of things as they rose before him ; yet , however gay , he was never volatile , nor lost sight of the re ...
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... remarks , for I thought that I began in a light - hearted way . Well , and I feel light - hearted now ; not a whit the less so be- cause I have mingled my commonplace thoughts with a reference to more important things . " Among others ...
... remarks , for I thought that I began in a light - hearted way . Well , and I feel light - hearted now ; not a whit the less so be- cause I have mingled my commonplace thoughts with a reference to more important things . " Among others ...
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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.