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... poet , may be induced to regard with re- verence the instructions of the divine : they may feel a peculiar desire to mark what thoughts a heart , animated by the Muse , can bring forth when hallowed by a loftier and purer inspiration ...
... poet , may be induced to regard with re- verence the instructions of the divine : they may feel a peculiar desire to mark what thoughts a heart , animated by the Muse , can bring forth when hallowed by a loftier and purer inspiration ...
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... Poetry Jesus raising Lazarus On the Death of Abel ( prize poem ) Græcia capta ferum Victorem cepit Principiis Obsta Ira furor brevis est Miscellaneous Thoughts 437 449 453 • • 454 461 462 462 463 UNIV . OF VINNOJIVO REMAINS OF THE REV ...
... Poetry Jesus raising Lazarus On the Death of Abel ( prize poem ) Græcia capta ferum Victorem cepit Principiis Obsta Ira furor brevis est Miscellaneous Thoughts 437 449 453 • • 454 461 462 462 463 UNIV . OF VINNOJIVO REMAINS OF THE REV ...
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... poets which adorns the literature of the present age . The many high testimonies to his amiable disposition and superior talents , which are sup- plied by the affectionate letters of his school- masters , 4 REMAINS OF.
... poets which adorns the literature of the present age . The many high testimonies to his amiable disposition and superior talents , which are sup- plied by the affectionate letters of his school- masters , 4 REMAINS OF.
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... Poetry , and Oratory . Our author , though he had not fully completed his speech , was received with the highest ap- plause , and the gold medal was adjudged to him by unanimous acclamation . This speech seems never to have been written ...
... Poetry , and Oratory . Our author , though he had not fully completed his speech , was received with the highest ap- plause , and the gold medal was adjudged to him by unanimous acclamation . This speech seems never to have been written ...
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... account , it has obtained a very general popularity from the splendid eulogium pronounced upon it by the late Lord Byron . Little as the author himself seemed to value the shadowy prize of poetic reputation , or of 24 REMAINS OF.
... account , it has obtained a very general popularity from the splendid eulogium pronounced upon it by the late Lord Byron . Little as the author himself seemed to value the shadowy prize of poetic reputation , or of 24 REMAINS OF.
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Page 333 - Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey ; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness...
Page 296 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 344 - Thou wilt show me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy, and at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 432 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Page 79 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 446 - God is faithful, who will not suffer" us " to be tempted above that" we " are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that " we
Page 230 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 42 - The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more ! And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook That I must look in vain ! But when I speak — thou dost not say What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary ! thou art dead...
Page 255 - Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us...
Page 423 - Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance...