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... observation . His oppor- tunities as an observer were very great ; he was in the confidence of many of the sovereigns and nobles of his time , and was especially at- tached to the court of Edward III . , being secretary to Queen ...
... observation . His oppor- tunities as an observer were very great ; he was in the confidence of many of the sovereigns and nobles of his time , and was especially at- tached to the court of Edward III . , being secretary to Queen ...
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... observation perhaps was but too true ; however , take care , continued she , lest God in the end should throw that very scourge into the flames . This sort of prophecy was fulfilled soon afterwards on the selfsame Imperial army , which ...
... observation perhaps was but too true ; however , take care , continued she , lest God in the end should throw that very scourge into the flames . This sort of prophecy was fulfilled soon afterwards on the selfsame Imperial army , which ...
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... observe somewhat very for- cible and expressive in these words of St. James : as if the Apostle had said , no man surely can make any pretences to religion , who does not at least believe that he bridleth his tongue ; if he puts on any ...
... observe somewhat very for- cible and expressive in these words of St. James : as if the Apostle had said , no man surely can make any pretences to religion , who does not at least believe that he bridleth his tongue ; if he puts on any ...
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... There is likewise to be observed in persons such a strong and cager desire of engaging attention to what they say , that they will speak good or evil , truth or otherwise , merely as 46 HALF - HOURS WITH THE BEST AUTHORS .
... There is likewise to be observed in persons such a strong and cager desire of engaging attention to what they say , that they will speak good or evil , truth or otherwise , merely as 46 HALF - HOURS WITH THE BEST AUTHORS .
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... observed , that though the decencies of behaviour are a little kept , the same outrage and virulence , indulged when he is absent , is an offence of the same kind . But not to distinguish any further in this manner ; men run into faults ...
... observed , that though the decencies of behaviour are a little kept , the same outrage and virulence , indulged when he is absent , is an offence of the same kind . But not to distinguish any further in this manner ; men run into faults ...
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Page 573 - O'erhang his wavy bed : Now air is hushed, save where the weak-eyed bat With short, shrill shriek, flits by on leathern wing ; Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises 'midst the twilight path, Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum...
Page 395 - I HEARD a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sate reclined, In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind. To her fair works did Nature link The human soul that through me ran ; And much it grieved my heart to think What man has made of man.
Page 244 - Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her, that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died.
Page 61 - All this long eve, so balmy and serene, Have I been gazing on the western sky, And its peculiar tint of yellow green : And still I gaze — -and with how blank an eye ! And those thin clouds above, in flakes and bars, That give away their motion to the stars ; Those stars, that glide behind them or between, Now sparkling, now bedimmed, but always seen : Yon crescent Moon, as fixed as if it grew In its own cloudless, starless lake of blue ; I see them all so excellently fair, I see, not feel, how...
Page 227 - The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup : thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Page 394 - Sweet air blow soft, mount larks aloft To give my Love good-morrow ! Wings from the wind to please her mind Notes from the lark I'll borrow ; Bird, prune thy wing, nightingale sing, To give my Love good-morrow ; To give my Love good-morrow Notes from them both I'll borrow.
Page 240 - SPAKE full well, in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth. by the castled Rhine, When he called the flowers, so blue and golden, Stars, that in earth's firmament do shine. Stars they are, wherein we read our history, As astrologers and seers of eld ; Yet not wrapped about with awful mystery, Like the burning stars, which they beheld.
Page 380 - For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost; ' being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Page 46 - If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Page 61 - O Lady! we receive but what we give And in our life alone does Nature live: Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud! And would we aught behold of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element!