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Page 7
Here , in Stockport , you may be a member , and have the choice to read as many
books as you can , with the privilege of seeing and reading the leading
newspapers and best periodicals of the day , all for the amazing sum of two
shillings per ...
Here , in Stockport , you may be a member , and have the choice to read as many
books as you can , with the privilege of seeing and reading the leading
newspapers and best periodicals of the day , all for the amazing sum of two
shillings per ...
Page 45
... for we find that he shortly afterwards was engaged at the colliery at which his
father was employed , in the respective capacities of gin - driver , dirt - picker ,
and assistant engine fireman , -his wages by this time being one shilling per day .
... for we find that he shortly afterwards was engaged at the colliery at which his
father was employed , in the respective capacities of gin - driver , dirt - picker ,
and assistant engine fireman , -his wages by this time being one shilling per day .
Page 70
He was second in command to Sir Samuel Beckwith, a naval officer; and they
made various attempts on the American coast, with no very brilliant success: but
one thing is notable, the Botany Bay regiment never plundered a shilling's worth.
He was second in command to Sir Samuel Beckwith, a naval officer; and they
made various attempts on the American coast, with no very brilliant success: but
one thing is notable, the Botany Bay regiment never plundered a shilling's worth.
Page 157
The magical penny has dethroned the splendid shilling . This is a revolution more
important and wonderful in its practical results than many which have been
immortalised in history . It is a bloodless convulsion , which has conferred the
most ...
The magical penny has dethroned the splendid shilling . This is a revolution more
important and wonderful in its practical results than many which have been
immortalised in history . It is a bloodless convulsion , which has conferred the
most ...
Page 159
We must strive to better his state , to make him feel that he is not a mere beast of
burden , worth so many shillings a - week to his employer , but a fellow - creature
with ourselves , with a soul to be saved , with feelings to be considered , and ...
We must strive to better his state , to make him feel that he is not a mere beast of
burden , worth so many shillings a - week to his employer , but a fellow - creature
with ourselves , with a soul to be saved , with feelings to be considered , and ...
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Popular passages
Page 228 - We look before and after, And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Page 337 - I steal by lawns and grassy plots, I slide by hazel covers ; I move the sweet forget-me-nots That grow for happy lovers. I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance, Among my skimming swallows ; I make the netted sunbeam dance Against my sandy shallows. I murmur under moon and stars In brambly wildernesses ; I linger by my shingly bars ; I loiter round my cresses ; And out again I curve and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.
Page 224 - Over earth and ocean, with gentle motion, This pilot is guiding me, Lured by the love of the genii that move In the depths of the purple sea Over the rills, and the crags, and the hills. Over the lakes and the plains, Wherever he dream, under mountain or stream, The Spirit he loves remains; And I all the while bask in Heaven's blue smile, Whilst he is dissolving in rains.
Page 224 - From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet birds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under ; And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder.
Page 24 - Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Page 118 - Ye Mariners of England That guard our native seas, Whose flag has braved a thousand years The battle and the breeze ! Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe, And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 336 - I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles.
Page 261 - When, marshalled on the nightly plain, The glittering host bestud the sky, One Star alone, of all the train, Can fix the sinner's wandering eye. Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks, From every host, from every gem ; But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the star of Bethlehem.
Page 169 - This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England...
Page 121 - For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue.