The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Selections and Masterpieces from Their Writings ...Fifth avenue library society, 1899 |
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... Lord in heaven , the Maker of all the world , to bless you , and to send you ever grace to love Him and to dread Him ; to the which as far as a father may charge his child , I both charge you and pray you to set all spirits and wits to ...
... Lord in heaven , the Maker of all the world , to bless you , and to send you ever grace to love Him and to dread Him ; to the which as far as a father may charge his child , I both charge you and pray you to set all spirits and wits to ...
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... lord , to whom both ye and I be so much bound to ; charging you as father can and may , rather to die than be the ... lord and father as my heart can think . And last of all , as heartily and as lovingly as ever father blessed his child ...
... lord , to whom both ye and I be so much bound to ; charging you as father can and may , rather to die than be the ... lord and father as my heart can think . And last of all , as heartily and as lovingly as ever father blessed his child ...
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... lord , for weeping there is ample lei- sure ; - But what can tears ' gainst death ? I pray thee now Visit the corse , and render it due honors . Dom Pedro . - Sad honors ! Other honors , Lady mine , I had in store for thee - honors thy ...
... lord , for weeping there is ample lei- sure ; - But what can tears ' gainst death ? I pray thee now Visit the corse , and render it due honors . Dom Pedro . - Sad honors ! Other honors , Lady mine , I had in store for thee - honors thy ...
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... Lord help me ! any man - that is , any good man - that had such a mother would have done exactly the same . I know you are only joking with me ; but , indeed , madam , though I was never at a play in London , yet I have seen acting ...
... Lord help me ! any man - that is , any good man - that had such a mother would have done exactly the same . I know you are only joking with me ; but , indeed , madam , though I was never at a play in London , yet I have seen acting ...
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... Lord Bishop of London . " John knew his master's quips and cranks too well to suppose he was in earnest , so I gave him my address , and we went on . When we reached my lodgings the clocks were strik- ing two , and the early morning air ...
... Lord Bishop of London . " John knew his master's quips and cranks too well to suppose he was in earnest , so I gave him my address , and we went on . When we reached my lodgings the clocks were strik- ing two , and the early morning air ...
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Page 344 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid ? We have been assured, 'sir, in the sacred writings, that, 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Page 161 - Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about : but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went...
Page 348 - So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business ; but to these we must add frugality, if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean will...
Page 341 - Then I turned and went down Chestnut Street and part of Walnut Street, eating my roll all the way and, coming round, found myself again at Market Street wharf, near the boat I came in, to which I went for a draught of the river water; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in a boat with us, and were waiting to go farther.
Page 80 - And don't you make any noise!" So, toddling off to his trundle-bed, He dreamt of the pretty toys; And, as he was dreaming, an angel song Awakened our Little Boy Blue — Oh! the years are many, the years are long, But the little toy friends are true!
Page 349 - And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.
Page 161 - Ah Love! could you and I with Him conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire, Would not we shatter it to bits — and then Re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!
Page 353 - What's he? What? Touch-paper to be sure. What are our poets, take them as they fall, Good, bad, rich, poor, much read, not read at all? Them and their works in the same class you'll find; They are the mere waste-paper of mankind.
Page 351 - ... said I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you give too much for your whistle.
Page 341 - I came in, to which I went for a draught of the river water; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther. Thus refreshed, I walked again up the street, which by this time had many clean-dressed people in it, who were all walking the same way.