The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 9George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder., 1864 |
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... living coal . But the very lowest of all sermons are “ sensational " sermons . It is just the same whether they are preached by the Reverend Boanerges Wakesouls in the pulpit of a legitimate establishment , or by Mr. Apollos Groanall ...
... living coal . But the very lowest of all sermons are “ sensational " sermons . It is just the same whether they are preached by the Reverend Boanerges Wakesouls in the pulpit of a legitimate establishment , or by Mr. Apollos Groanall ...
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... living man , are recorded as then indicating well - known villages or towns . Whether it will ever be again , as geologists tell us it once was , the Vale of York , ocean covered , Creyke an island , and Black Hambleton a sea cliff , as ...
... living man , are recorded as then indicating well - known villages or towns . Whether it will ever be again , as geologists tell us it once was , the Vale of York , ocean covered , Creyke an island , and Black Hambleton a sea cliff , as ...
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... living in comparative isolation are , as a necessary consequence , less acquainted with the latest changes and improvements , but infinitely more self - reliant , and less easily moved to fear , anger , or despair . The pursuits and ...
... living in comparative isolation are , as a necessary consequence , less acquainted with the latest changes and improvements , but infinitely more self - reliant , and less easily moved to fear , anger , or despair . The pursuits and ...
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... living flesh and blood that they beheld ; five of them inclined to the first opinion , but the sixth maintained the contrary , and continued to watch the performance with vigilant and distrustful scrutiny . Suddenly he roared out from ...
... living flesh and blood that they beheld ; five of them inclined to the first opinion , but the sixth maintained the contrary , and continued to watch the performance with vigilant and distrustful scrutiny . Suddenly he roared out from ...
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... living who have never set foot out of their native dale , sone who have never been farther than the nearest market town , and many who have never in their lives beheld a railway cngine , and are more than content to receive their ...
... living who have never set foot out of their native dale , sone who have never been farther than the nearest market town , and many who have never in their lives beheld a railway cngine , and are more than content to receive their ...
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Page 206 - The Lord giveth, and the Lord ' taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Page 732 - Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Page 498 - There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel's veins; And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains.
Page 206 - But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest ; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Page 137 - Do you know what day it is?" she continued. "It is the 29th of December — it is your birthday! But last year we did not drink it — no, no. My lord was cold, and my Harry was likely to die; and my brain was in a fever; and we had no wine. But now — now you are come again, bringing your sheaves with you, my dear.
Page 429 - O Lord, he signifies to us thee ! " Praised be my Lord for our sister the moon, and for the stars, the which he has set clear and lovely in heaven. " Praised be my Lord for our brother the wind, and for air and cloud, calms and all weather, by the which thou upholdest in life all creatures.
Page 429 - Praised be my Lord for our sister the moon, and for the stars, the which he has set clear and lovely in heaven. Praised be my Lord for our brother the wind, and for air and cloud, calms and all weather, by the which thou upholdest in life all creatures. Praised be my Lord for our sister water, who is very serviceable unto us, and humble, and precious and clean.
Page 130 - In no pages should I take it upon myself at this time to discourse of his books, of his refined knowledge of character, of his subtle acquaintance with the weaknesses of human nature, of his delightful playfulness as an essayist, of his quaint and touching ballads, of his mastery over the English language.
Page 429 - Praised be my Lord for our sister, the death of the body, from which no man escapeth. Woe to him who dieth in mortal sin ! Blessed are they who are found walking by Thy most Holy Will, for the second death shall have no power to do them harm. Praise ye and bless the Lord, and give thanks unto Him, and serve him with great humility.
Page 428 - His century is, I think, the most interesting in the history of Christianity after its primitive age ; more interesting than even the century of the Reformation ; and one of the chief figures, perhaps the very chief, to which this interest attaches itself, is St.