The Living Age, Volume 19E. Littell & Company, 1848 |
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... never was conceived , putting climate out of the question . Had a philanthropic power analogous to Great Britain existed in the days of the Hep- tarchy , she might as well have supposed that Saxon England might have been metamorphosed ...
... never was conceived , putting climate out of the question . Had a philanthropic power analogous to Great Britain existed in the days of the Hep- tarchy , she might as well have supposed that Saxon England might have been metamorphosed ...
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... never favored so ; Still to each divinest spot Led by some auspicious star , Scattering flowers where flowers are not , Making lovelier those that are . Poets are a mournful race ! O'er the weary earth they go , Darkening many a sunny ...
... never favored so ; Still to each divinest spot Led by some auspicious star , Scattering flowers where flowers are not , Making lovelier those that are . Poets are a mournful race ! O'er the weary earth they go , Darkening many a sunny ...
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... never within the range of history has Ireland been anything but a scene of idleness , im- providence , faction - fighting , and anarchy . But , for the moment setting aside questions of history , of remote causes , and of ethnology ...
... never within the range of history has Ireland been anything but a scene of idleness , im- providence , faction - fighting , and anarchy . But , for the moment setting aside questions of history , of remote causes , and of ethnology ...
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... never able to put aside buyers of land , regardless of all commercial con- siderations . The speculation would have been less disastrous had they always had cash to com- plete the purchase . But noblemen and gentle- men are more sure to ...
... never able to put aside buyers of land , regardless of all commercial con- siderations . The speculation would have been less disastrous had they always had cash to com- plete the purchase . But noblemen and gentle- men are more sure to ...
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... never appears to have dreamed of founding the ideal on anything but the real . He failed , not through his poetry , but through his faults or his defects . His first and most wearying fault was a self - sufficient habit of outpouring .
... never appears to have dreamed of founding the ideal on anything but the real . He failed , not through his poetry , but through his faults or his defects . His first and most wearying fault was a self - sufficient habit of outpouring .
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Page 260 - Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Page 362 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Page 50 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 250 - I made me great works ; I builded me houses ; I planted me vineyards : I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
Page 52 - Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands ; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord, and my God.
Page 359 - Come unto me, all ye that are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest !" He smiled and wept when he spoke these words.
Page 391 - And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies: is not this written in the book of Jasher ? so the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
Page 152 - I hear that Goldsmith, who is a very great sloven, justifies his disregard of cleanliness and decency by quoting my practice; and I am desirous this night to show him a better example.
Page 396 - School, has been very kind to us, and we have no other friend ; but, thank God, I am very calm and composed, and able to do the best that remains to do. Write as religious a letter as possible, but no mention of what is gone and done with. With me "the former things are passed away," and I have something more to do than to feel.
Page 297 - I'll not shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, « And smooth as monumental alabaster. Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men. Put out the light, and then put out the light : If I quench thee, thou flaming minister...