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Page xxi
... leaving , and af- fronting , and injuring the wise and good man . I don't say these evils are new , I only say they are large and active , and are fast killing their opposite virtues . Many a miserable and tragic story might be told of ...
... leaving , and af- fronting , and injuring the wise and good man . I don't say these evils are new , I only say they are large and active , and are fast killing their opposite virtues . Many a miserable and tragic story might be told of ...
Page xxii
... leaving themselves desolate and con- victed . Publicity , itching ears , want of reverence for the unknown , want of trust in goodness , want of what we call faith , want of gratitude and fair dealing , on the part of the public ; and ...
... leaving themselves desolate and con- victed . Publicity , itching ears , want of reverence for the unknown , want of trust in goodness , want of what we call faith , want of gratitude and fair dealing , on the part of the public ; and ...
Page xxv
... leaving to Gideon Gray the abnormal , with time to cultivate his mind and his garden , or even a bit of farm , and to live and trot less hard than he is at present obliged to do ? Thus , instead of a man in general practice , and a man ...
... leaving to Gideon Gray the abnormal , with time to cultivate his mind and his garden , or even a bit of farm , and to live and trot less hard than he is at present obliged to do ? Thus , instead of a man in general practice , and a man ...
Page xxvii
... leave all these things to the natural laws of supply and demand , with the exercise of common honesty , honour , and feeling , in this , as in other things . The taking the wind out of the rampant and abominable quackeries and patent ...
... leave all these things to the natural laws of supply and demand , with the exercise of common honesty , honour , and feeling , in this , as in other things . The taking the wind out of the rampant and abominable quackeries and patent ...
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... leaving so much to the discretion of the Council ; it is curiously enough almost ver- batim , and altogether in spirit , the measure Pro- fessor Syme has been for many years advocating through good and through bad report , with his ...
... leaving so much to the discretion of the Council ; it is curiously enough almost ver- batim , and altogether in spirit , the measure Pro- fessor Syme has been for many years advocating through good and through bad report , with his ...
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Page 122 - And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house ; and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord (even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou earnest) hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
Page 404 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Page 299 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Page 295 - BREAK, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea ! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still...
Page 347 - 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 130 - And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no man trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
Page 297 - One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves.
Page 347 - To sit the midst of Trinal Unity, He laid aside ; and here with us to be, Forsook the courts of everlasting day, And chose with us a darksome house of mortal clay.
Page 108 - Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
Page 358 - Sleep sweetly, tender heart, in peace : Sleep, holy spirit, blessed soul, While the stars burn, the moons increase, And the great ages onward roll. Sleep till the end, true soul and sweet. Nothing comes to thee new or strange. Sleep full of rest from head to feet ; Lie still, dry dust, secure of change.