The County [afterw.] Country miscellany, ed. by H. BurgessHenry Burgess (of Luton) 1836 |
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... fact , that christianity is part and parcel of the law of the land , it may well excite surprise that anything which has really the appearance of christianity , should be so unhandsomely scouted . The following extract will shew the ...
... fact , that christianity is part and parcel of the law of the land , it may well excite surprise that anything which has really the appearance of christianity , should be so unhandsomely scouted . The following extract will shew the ...
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... fact , that those whose talents are of the first order in this department , lay no claim to be accounted serious . This is proved by the fact that without the assis- tance of theatrical men , these festivals never pass off with eclat ...
... fact , that those whose talents are of the first order in this department , lay no claim to be accounted serious . This is proved by the fact that without the assis- tance of theatrical men , these festivals never pass off with eclat ...
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... fact , " Verily there is a God who judgeth in the earth . " That the chief benefit arising from prophecy is to be derived after its fulfilment alone , is evident from the fact that the scripture predictions are almost invariably obscure ...
... fact , " Verily there is a God who judgeth in the earth . " That the chief benefit arising from prophecy is to be derived after its fulfilment alone , is evident from the fact that the scripture predictions are almost invariably obscure ...
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... fact , fulfilling the counsels of heaven . " Thus God secures the glory of his own foreknowledge , at the same time that he leaves undisturbed the sphere of * Acts , i . 7 . human agency . Were future events so distinctly predicted as ...
... fact , fulfilling the counsels of heaven . " Thus God secures the glory of his own foreknowledge , at the same time that he leaves undisturbed the sphere of * Acts , i . 7 . human agency . Were future events so distinctly predicted as ...
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... fact , that the number of inmates was so small . There were ninety persons from fifteen parishes ; while the old Luton house alone , has had as many as sixty at the same season of the year ! I am quite confident that in a short time ...
... fact , that the number of inmates was so small . There were ninety persons from fifteen parishes ; while the old Luton house alone , has had as many as sixty at the same season of the year ! I am quite confident that in a short time ...
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Página 146 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Página 14 - Swift as a shadow, short as any dream ; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
Página 84 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 218 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore, Perfum'd with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew, Nor yet for the ravage of winter I mourn; Kind Nature the embryo blossom will save.
Página 88 - Touching musical harmony, whether by instrument or by voice, it being but of high and low in sounds a due proportionable disposition, such notwithstanding is the force thereof, and so pleasing effects it hath in that very part of man which is most divine, that some have been thereby induced to think that the soul itself by nature is, or hath in it harmony...
Página 263 - tis like a camel, indeed. HAMLET. Methinks it is like a weasel. POLONIUS. It is backed like a weasel. HAMLET. Or like a whale? POLONIUS. Very like a whale.
Página 130 - The first tabernacle to Hope we will build, And look for the sleepers around us to rise ; The second to Faith, which insures it fulfilled ; And the third to the LAMB of the great sacrifice, Who bequeathed us them both when he rose to the skies.
Página 149 - The cemetery is an open space among the ruins, covered in winter with violets and daisies. It might make one in love with death, to think that one should be buried in so sweet a place.
Página 89 - So that although we lay altogether aside the consideration of ditty or matter, the very harmony of sounds being framed in due sort and carried from the ear to the spiritual faculties of our souls, is by a native puissance and efficacy greatly available to bring to a perfect temper whatsoever is there troubled, apt as well to quicken the spirits as to allay that which is too eager, sovereign against melancholy and despair, forcible to draw forth tears of devotion if the mind be such as can yield them,...
Página 150 - And flowering weeds and fragrant copses dress The bones of Desolation's nakedness, Pass, till the Spirit of the spot shall lead Thy footsteps to a slope of green access, Where, like an infant's smile, over the dead A light of laughing flowers along the grass is spread...