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Page 42
... iron ; he died ; his ghost had , it was said , appeared to somebody or other , and he had pro- mised that if Nathan Ninnyhammer would meet him at midnight at a certain place , without bring- ing company , he would shew him the iron . A ...
... iron ; he died ; his ghost had , it was said , appeared to somebody or other , and he had pro- mised that if Nathan Ninnyhammer would meet him at midnight at a certain place , without bring- ing company , he would shew him the iron . A ...
Page 43
... iron and coal districts . Most people know how perilous is the employment of colliers , miners , and iron makers ; hence funeral sermons are frequent , and are often attended with good moral and religious effect . I left Merthyr Tydvil ...
... iron and coal districts . Most people know how perilous is the employment of colliers , miners , and iron makers ; hence funeral sermons are frequent , and are often attended with good moral and religious effect . I left Merthyr Tydvil ...
Page 73
... iron . To go through a sermon in some of our preaching houses and chapels , without the creaking of doors , the squalling of children , the exclamations of revi- valists , the snoring of lubberly cow boys , and other disagreeables , is ...
... iron . To go through a sermon in some of our preaching houses and chapels , without the creaking of doors , the squalling of children , the exclamations of revi- valists , the snoring of lubberly cow boys , and other disagreeables , is ...
Page 77
... expense . Friend A. had on his round hat , the top of which resembled the bottom of an iron broth kettle or Scotch kail pot , a short fustian jacket , corderoy breeches , blue stockings , short gaiters , and AN EVANGELIST . 77.
... expense . Friend A. had on his round hat , the top of which resembled the bottom of an iron broth kettle or Scotch kail pot , a short fustian jacket , corderoy breeches , blue stockings , short gaiters , and AN EVANGELIST . 77.
Page 95
... iron skins of hardy farmers are invulnerable to such trifles . Clouds of smoke , too , from ill constructed chim- nies , are as little regarded as their tobacco smoke . When the " reek " or smoke is " o'er bad , " the remedy is to set ...
... iron skins of hardy farmers are invulnerable to such trifles . Clouds of smoke , too , from ill constructed chim- nies , are as little regarded as their tobacco smoke . When the " reek " or smoke is " o'er bad , " the remedy is to set ...
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Page 91 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 20 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or, peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 179 - Heaven! Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world — though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!
Page 106 - This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works.
Page 89 - Disaster'd stands ; sees other hills ascend, Of unknown joyless brow; and other scenes, Of horrid prospect, shag the trackless plain : Nor finds the river, nor the forest, hid Beneath the formless wild ; but wanders on From hill to dale, still more and more astray; Impatient flouncing thro...
Page 90 - His tufted cottage rising through the snow, He meets the roughness of the middle waste, Far from the track and bless'd abode of man! While round him night resistless closes fast, And every tempest, howling o'er his head, Renders the savage wilderness more wild.
Page 87 - Sacred to neatness and repose, the alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when, held within their proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the...
Page 87 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Page 89 - As thus the snows arise ; and foul, and fierce, All Winter drives along the darken'd air ; In his own loose revolving fields, the swain Disaster'd stands ; sees other hills ascend, Of unknown joyless brow ; and other scenes, Of horrid prospect, shag the trackless plain : Nor finds the river, nor the forest, hid Beneath the formless wild ; but wanders on...
Page 91 - The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task.