Sesame and Lilies: Three Lectures, Delivered in 1864-1868,Millar, 1884 - 158 páginas |
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... standing of yours : and all the more if you wish to believe that text , which clergymen so much dislike preaching on , " How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the Kingdom of God ? " You do not believe it now , or you would ...
... standing of yours : and all the more if you wish to believe that text , which clergymen so much dislike preaching on , " How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the Kingdom of God ? " You do not believe it now , or you would ...
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... stand- ard , or cannot be good for anything . Wear a cos- tume , by all means , if you like ; but let it be a cheer ... stands : " SIR , —It is often said that one example is worth many sermons . Shall I be judged presumptuous if I point ...
... stand- ard , or cannot be good for anything . Wear a cos- tume , by all means , if you like ; but let it be a cheer ... stands : " SIR , —It is often said that one example is worth many sermons . Shall I be judged presumptuous if I point ...
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... standing forever . And this is right ; but it is a pity that the accuracy insisted on is not greater , and required to a serious purpose . It is right that a false Latin quantity should excite a smile in the House of Commons ; but it is ...
... standing forever . And this is right ; but it is a pity that the accuracy insisted on is not greater , and required to a serious purpose . It is right that a false Latin quantity should excite a smile in the House of Commons ; but it is ...
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... stand a little more of the thoughts of others , which so soon as you try to do honestly , you will discover that the thoughts even of the wisest are very little more than pertinent questions . To put the difficulty into a clear shape ...
... stand a little more of the thoughts of others , which so soon as you try to do honestly , you will discover that the thoughts even of the wisest are very little more than pertinent questions . To put the difficulty into a clear shape ...
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... stand in the thorough- fares of the world , like Ludgate apprentices , screaming to every passer - by , “ What d'ye lack ? ” You know nothing of your own faculties or circumstances ; you fancy that , among your damp , flat , fat fields ...
... stand in the thorough- fares of the world , like Ludgate apprentices , screaming to every passer - by , “ What d'ye lack ? ” You know nothing of your own faculties or circumstances ; you fancy that , among your damp , flat , fat fields ...
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Página 16 - That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed...
Página 103 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Página 17 - Enow of such, as for their bellies' sake Creep and intrude and climb into the fold! Of other care they little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs!
Página 57 - A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil : for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Página 11 - And, therefore, first of all, I tell you earnestly and authoritatively (I know I am right in this), you must get into the habit of looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable — nay, letter by letter.
Página 39 - Taste is not only a part and an index of morality — it is the ONLY morality. The first, and last, and closest trial question to any living creature is, 'What do you like?' Tell me what you like, and I'll tell you what you are.
Página 12 - ... you might read all the books in the British Museum (if you could live long enough), and remain an utterly 'illiterate...
Página 38 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Página 58 - The man's power is active, progressive, defensive. He is eminently the doer, the creator, the discoverer, the defender. His intellect is for speculation and invention; his energy for adventure, for war, and for conquest wherever war is just, wherever conquest necessary. But the woman's power is for rule, not for battle - and her intellect is not for invention or creation, but for sweet ordering, arrangement and decision.
Página 60 - The floating clouds their state shall lend To her ; for her the willow bend ; Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the storm Grace that shall mould the maiden's form By silent sympathy.