The Popular lecturer [afterw.] Pitman's Popular lecturer (and reader), ed. by H. Pitman, Volumes 7-9Henry Pitman 1863 |
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... respect for our laws which is among the characteristics of an Englishman : - " The cause , tho ' worth the search , may yet elude Conjecture and remark , however shrewd . They take , perhaps , a well - directed aim , Who seek it in his ...
... respect for our laws which is among the characteristics of an Englishman : - " The cause , tho ' worth the search , may yet elude Conjecture and remark , however shrewd . They take , perhaps , a well - directed aim , Who seek it in his ...
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... respect to their practical value . The husbandman knows what soil is favourable to this or that seed or plant , but the poet gives his knowledge double application . In the poem of " Truth , " Cowper had written- " Oh bless'd effect of ...
... respect to their practical value . The husbandman knows what soil is favourable to this or that seed or plant , but the poet gives his knowledge double application . In the poem of " Truth , " Cowper had written- " Oh bless'd effect of ...
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... respect he is differenced intellectually from the philoso- phers and theologians of all ages . He venerates a presid- ing MIND in the universe , and has a clear , logical , and satisfactory conception of the Being he adores ...
... respect he is differenced intellectually from the philoso- phers and theologians of all ages . He venerates a presid- ing MIND in the universe , and has a clear , logical , and satisfactory conception of the Being he adores ...
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... respecting the nature of GOD and the faculties of man . The only genuine mystics have been these metaphysicians . Though they lost the play of wisdom and insight , they endeavoured to retain 2 . its gravity . They clutched at the ...
... respecting the nature of GOD and the faculties of man . The only genuine mystics have been these metaphysicians . Though they lost the play of wisdom and insight , they endeavoured to retain 2 . its gravity . They clutched at the ...
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... respecting the weather were idle speculations , others were founded on natural truths . He instanced the couplet , — " A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight , A rainbow in the morning the shepherd's warning , " explaining how ...
... respecting the weather were idle speculations , others were founded on natural truths . He instanced the couplet , — " A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight , A rainbow in the morning the shepherd's warning , " explaining how ...
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Page 346 - And this is in the night: — Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee! How the lit lake shines, a phosphoric sea, And the big rain comes dancing to the earth! And now again 'tis black, — and now, the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth.
Page 349 - His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction, thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And sendst him, shivering in thy playful spray, And howling to his gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth; there let him lay.
Page 163 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn : He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Page 123 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. "My sister, and my sister's child, Myself and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
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 229 - Teach us, sprite or bird, What sweet thoughts are thine ; I have never heard Praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine.
Page 346 - The sky is changed! - and such a change! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder!
Page 120 - 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 125 - The wind did blow, the cloak did fly, Like streamer long and gay, Till, loop and button failing both, At last it flew away. Then might all people well discern The bottles he had slung ; A bottle swinging at each side, As hath been said or sung. The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul cried out, Well done!
Page 226 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams ; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noon-day dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.