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... honour- able host might easily be enlarged by such distinguish- ed characters as Grotius , West , Lyttleton , Bryant , Beattie , Cumberland , laymen also ; and from that pro- fession whose province it is to act as the conservators of ...
... honour- able host might easily be enlarged by such distinguish- ed characters as Grotius , West , Lyttleton , Bryant , Beattie , Cumberland , laymen also ; and from that pro- fession whose province it is to act as the conservators of ...
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... honours , amid the blessings and the love of a grateful people has de- scended to the graye : -and of the man under whom three generations have been governed in holiness and wisdom , in prosperity and in glory , all has passed away but ...
... honours , amid the blessings and the love of a grateful people has de- scended to the graye : -and of the man under whom three generations have been governed in holiness and wisdom , in prosperity and in glory , all has passed away but ...
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... attended him to his re- tirement , hallowed the scene of his mental alienation , and now sheds heart - sprung tears upon his honoured remains . • Memoir of His Late Majesty , GEORGE THE THIRD 42 FIRE - SIDE . THE ENGLISHMAN'S.
... attended him to his re- tirement , hallowed the scene of his mental alienation , and now sheds heart - sprung tears upon his honoured remains . • Memoir of His Late Majesty , GEORGE THE THIRD 42 FIRE - SIDE . THE ENGLISHMAN'S.
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... honour of the Crown . ' The same love of constitutional freedom , and the same desire to exercise his prerogative for the benefit of his subjects , were manifested by his Majesty throughout his life . " The King , " said Lord North ...
... honour of the Crown . ' The same love of constitutional freedom , and the same desire to exercise his prerogative for the benefit of his subjects , were manifested by his Majesty throughout his life . " The King , " said Lord North ...
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... honour of his country , by propitiating the favour of the ambitious Napoleon . The preliminaries of the G - VOL . I. peace of Amiens were concluded without his knowledge or concurrence THE 49 ENGLISHMAN'S FIRE - SIDE .
... honour of his country , by propitiating the favour of the ambitious Napoleon . The preliminaries of the G - VOL . I. peace of Amiens were concluded without his knowledge or concurrence THE 49 ENGLISHMAN'S FIRE - SIDE .
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Page 72 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom...
Page 334 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.
Page 283 - If ye think good, give me my price ; and if not, forbear." So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
Page 72 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Page 21 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 426 - Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but .the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased: now...
Page 110 - Let her see him in his most retired privacies ; let her follow him to the mount, and hear his devotions and supplications to God. Carry her to his table, to view his poor fare ; and hear his heavenly discourse. Let her attend him to the tribunal, and consider the patience with which he endured the scoffs and reproaches of his enemies.
Page 107 - I will arise and go to my father, and say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son : make me as one of thy hired servants.
Page 175 - The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken...
Page 46 - ... he looked upon the independence and uprightness of the judges, as essential to the impartial administration of justice ; as one of the best securities of the rights and liberties of his subjects; and as most conducive to the honour of the crown.