Pitman's Popular Lecturer and Reader, Volume 9F. Pitman, 1864 |
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... young and the old , for the widow and the fatherless . And because it is the cheapest book in the world . The first example we have on record of man struggling to be free , is related of Cain and Abel , -the first brothers born in the ...
... young and the old , for the widow and the fatherless . And because it is the cheapest book in the world . The first example we have on record of man struggling to be free , is related of Cain and Abel , -the first brothers born in the ...
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... young man follows on in the course he adopts when young . Thirty years since , the speaker had two play - fellows , whom nearly all present would know , were he at liberty to name . One had very much superior advantages over the other ...
... young man follows on in the course he adopts when young . Thirty years since , the speaker had two play - fellows , whom nearly all present would know , were he at liberty to name . One had very much superior advantages over the other ...
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... young Thomas was ready for college , and to Cambridge he was accordingly sent . He was admitted into Queen's College , of which his maternal uncle , Bishop Dave- nant , was president . This worthy doctor took a great inte- rest in the ...
... young Thomas was ready for college , and to Cambridge he was accordingly sent . He was admitted into Queen's College , of which his maternal uncle , Bishop Dave- nant , was president . This worthy doctor took a great inte- rest in the ...
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... young authors , was poetical ; and in this poem appear many of the peculiarities which afterwards made him so famous . Its characteristic title was " David's Hainous Sinne ; Heartie Repentance ; Heavie Punishment ; " and was dedicated ...
... young authors , was poetical ; and in this poem appear many of the peculiarities which afterwards made him so famous . Its characteristic title was " David's Hainous Sinne ; Heartie Repentance ; Heavie Punishment ; " and was dedicated ...
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... young of both sexes to forget that nature intended them to make moderate use of their legs . Many of the young ladies of the present age would , I fear , be ill adapted for performing those pedestrian exercises that were common to their ...
... young of both sexes to forget that nature intended them to make moderate use of their legs . Many of the young ladies of the present age would , I fear , be ill adapted for performing those pedestrian exercises that were common to their ...
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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.