Spare HoursTicknor and Fields, 1862 - 458 pages |
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... entire nature the comic ruled supreme- the late Sir Adam Fergu- son , whose very face was a breach of solemnity ; I dare say , even in sleep he looked a wag . This was the way in which everything ap- peared to him first , and often last ...
... entire nature the comic ruled supreme- the late Sir Adam Fergu- son , whose very face was a breach of solemnity ; I dare say , even in sleep he looked a wag . This was the way in which everything ap- peared to him first , and often last ...
Page 49
... entire nature ; and how ? We have no time to go at large into this , but we will indicate what we mean : encourage lan- guages , especially French and German , at the early part of their studies ; encourage not merely the book knowl ...
... entire nature ; and how ? We have no time to go at large into this , but we will indicate what we mean : encourage lan- guages , especially French and German , at the early part of their studies ; encourage not merely the book knowl ...
Page 60
... entire nature , and a truthfulness and downrightness , with an amount , and accuracy , and vivification of learning , such as we know of in no one other writer , ancient or modern not even Leibnitz ; and we know no writings which so ...
... entire nature , and a truthfulness and downrightness , with an amount , and accuracy , and vivification of learning , such as we know of in no one other writer , ancient or modern not even Leibnitz ; and we know no writings which so ...
Page 75
... entire , consummate , warm , wagging his tail , I was going to say like a Christian , I mean like an ordinary dog . Then flashed upon me the solution of the Mystery of Black and Tan in all its varieties : the body , its upper part gray ...
... entire , consummate , warm , wagging his tail , I was going to say like a Christian , I mean like an ordinary dog . Then flashed upon me the solution of the Mystery of Black and Tan in all its varieties : the body , its upper part gray ...
Page 85
... entire sermon was as follows : " Some say that Jacob had a black dog ( the o very long ) , and some say that Jacob had a white dog , but I ( imagine the presumption of four years ! ) say Jacob had a brown dog , and a brown dog it shall ...
... entire sermon was as follows : " Some say that Jacob had a black dog ( the o very long ) , and some say that Jacob had a white dog , but I ( imagine the presumption of four years ! ) say Jacob had a brown dog , and a brown dog it shall ...
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Page 439 - The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul...
Page 210 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked ; that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it ; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Page 325 - But ah ! my soul with too much stay Is drunk, and staggers in the way ! Some...
Page 411 - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Page 195 - They are all gone into the world of light! And I alone sit lingering here ; Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear...
Page 203 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 210 - If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Page 283 - Behold, I stand at the door, and knock : if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me.
Page 203 - And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
Page 175 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.