Charles Kingsley: his letters and memories of his life, ed. by his wife [F.E. Kingsley].Henry S. King, 1877 |
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... least possible that birds might be spiritual beings likewise , incarnatc like himself in mortal flesh , and saw no degradation in claiming kindred lovingly with creatures so beautiful , so wonderful , who ( as he fancied in his old ...
... least possible that birds might be spiritual beings likewise , incarnatc like himself in mortal flesh , and saw no degradation in claiming kindred lovingly with creatures so beautiful , so wonderful , who ( as he fancied in his old ...
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... least of the better element of them , for I trust you will find me a better and calmer , if not a wiser man than you knew me in old times , though just as great a boy as ever . I sent your mes- Natural History a Safeguard . 21 sage ...
... least of the better element of them , for I trust you will find me a better and calmer , if not a wiser man than you knew me in old times , though just as great a boy as ever . I sent your mes- Natural History a Safeguard . 21 sage ...
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... least to others , I never re - opened the matter , but after his death I found he had said the same thing to * * * . Now , my dear Kingsley , I trust this will be some comfort to you in the midst of all this foolish calumny . As I said ...
... least to others , I never re - opened the matter , but after his death I found he had said the same thing to * * * . Now , my dear Kingsley , I trust this will be some comfort to you in the midst of all this foolish calumny . As I said ...
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... least , to continue any argument , while my brain is filled with images fresh out of hell and the shambles . Show me what security I have that my wife , my children , should not suffer , from some unexpected outbreak of devils , what ...
... least , to continue any argument , while my brain is filled with images fresh out of hell and the shambles . Show me what security I have that my wife , my children , should not suffer , from some unexpected outbreak of devils , what ...
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... least is certain . " The office of worms in this world is to prevent , while they seem to accelerate , putrefaction , and thereby to prevent infectious epidemics ; to devour decaying matter , and render it thereby innoxious ; finally ...
... least is certain . " The office of worms in this world is to prevent , while they seem to accelerate , putrefaction , and thereby to prevent infectious epidemics ; to devour decaying matter , and render it thereby innoxious ; finally ...
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Page 304 - The Sun's rim dips; the stars rush out: At one stride comes the dark; With far-heard whisper, o'er the sea, Off shot the spectre-bark.
Page 453 - Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Page 68 - And thro' the mountain-walls A rolling organ-harmony Swells up, and shakes and falls. Then move the trees, the copses nod, Wings flutter, voices hover clear : ' O just and faithful knight of God ! Ride on ! the prize is near.
Page x - Come to me, O ye children ! And whisper in my ear What the birds and the winds are singing In your sunny atmosphere. For what are all our contrivings, And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks ? Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said ; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.
Page 449 - And the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to shine in it. For the glory of God hath enlightened it, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof.
Page 33 - O Lord, in thee have I trusted : let me never be confounded.
Page 123 - The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination ; a purpose once fixed and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Page 380 - HARK! hark, my soul; angelic songs are swelling O'er earth's green fields, and ocean's wavebeat shore : How sweet the truth those blessed strains are telling Of that new life when sin shall be no more. Angels of Jesus, angels of light, Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night. 2 Onward we go, for still we hear them singing, 'Come, weary souls, for Jesus bids you come...
Page 45 - Wheresoever thou findest Disorder, there is thy eternal enemy; attack him swiftly, subdue him; make Order of him, the subject not of Chaos, but of Intelligence, Divinity and Thee! The thistle that grows in thy path, dig it out, that a blade of useful grass, a drop of nourishing milk, may grow there instead. The waste...
Page 381 - Who although he be God and Man, yet he is not two but one Christ; one, not by conversion of the godhead into flesh, but by taking of the manhood into God; one altogether, not by confusion of substance, but by unity of Person.