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... effect of altering their colour . What I had thought fresh and universal as the benevolent green of nature , I found often chequered ; and that I had frequently , in mere thoughtless simplicity , ascribed to local and particular hues a ...
... effect of altering their colour . What I had thought fresh and universal as the benevolent green of nature , I found often chequered ; and that I had frequently , in mere thoughtless simplicity , ascribed to local and particular hues a ...
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... effects of voluntary sinfulness . In his own conduct spotless , he thought his ex- cellence in manner the result of virtue ; for he had never found it necessary to restrain those prone inclinations which he attributed to the inherited ...
... effects of voluntary sinfulness . In his own conduct spotless , he thought his ex- cellence in manner the result of virtue ; for he had never found it necessary to restrain those prone inclinations which he attributed to the inherited ...
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... effects of weakness , often require to be consi- dered with indulgence . This , with the natural arrogance of old age , made him regard himself as superior to most men , and the conduct of others as tinged with a deeper delinquency ...
... effects of weakness , often require to be consi- dered with indulgence . This , with the natural arrogance of old age , made him regard himself as superior to most men , and the conduct of others as tinged with a deeper delinquency ...
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... effect in a matter so delicate , and his fore- sight taught him to apprehend greater danger from the prevalent controversies than he thought the churchmen were aware of . He was , in fact , a mild and urbane character , sufficiently ...
... effect in a matter so delicate , and his fore- sight taught him to apprehend greater danger from the prevalent controversies than he thought the churchmen were aware of . He was , in fact , a mild and urbane character , sufficiently ...
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... effect , in their opinion , of a belief in himself that he had merited the trust which the Chapter had as- signed to him . Perhaps they were not alto- gether mistaken , for the different other mem- bers of the Chapter thought ...
... effect , in their opinion , of a belief in himself that he had merited the trust which the Chapter had as- signed to him . Perhaps they were not alto- gether mistaken , for the different other mem- bers of the Chapter thought ...
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Page 208 - MARY'S DREAM The moon had climbed the highest hill Which rises o'er the source of Dee, And from the eastern summit shed Her silver light on tower and tree; When Mary laid her down to sleep, Her thoughts on Sandy far at sea, When, soft and low, a voice was heard, Saying: "Mary, weep no more for me!
Page 178 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Page 5 - IMMEDIATELY after the celebrated battle of Pavia, in which Francis I. of France was taken prisoner by the Emperor Charles V...
Page 8 - But her self-command altogether forsook her, when, after the prescribed formula of service was at an end, her uncle again kneeled down reverently on the cushion by his bed-side, and prayed fervently for her and for her future happiness, and that the Almighty protection might be extended over her when it should please Heaven to remove him from this earthly scene. And when, as connected with this dearest object of his heart, he put up earnest petitions for him who was already destined to be her husband...