The County [afterw.] Country miscellany, ed. by H. BurgessHenry Burgess (of Luton) 1836 |
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... habits form in those who cultivate them , an expansion of feeling , which impels them to diffuse the results of their exertions . They long to produce the same habits in others , and are willing to risk the charge of self- conceit in ...
... habits form in those who cultivate them , an expansion of feeling , which impels them to diffuse the results of their exertions . They long to produce the same habits in others , and are willing to risk the charge of self- conceit in ...
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... habits of the wild ass ; and it is equally curious and surprising , to trace there , how minutely the description applies to the free , wandering , lawless , pastoral , marauding , town - hating Bedouins , the descent of some of whose ...
... habits of the wild ass ; and it is equally curious and surprising , to trace there , how minutely the description applies to the free , wandering , lawless , pastoral , marauding , town - hating Bedouins , the descent of some of whose ...
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... habit and custom ; precedent will take place of utility , until business comes to be conducted ac- cording to the rigid letter of old regulations , rather than with a reference to expediency , and the exigences of par- ticular cases ...
... habit and custom ; precedent will take place of utility , until business comes to be conducted ac- cording to the rigid letter of old regulations , rather than with a reference to expediency , and the exigences of par- ticular cases ...
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... habits of mercantile men , in order to secure the means of effecting their purpose . Dr. Carey gave his soul to the work before him , and he gathered in a plentiful harvest . The translation of the scriptures went on rapidly under his ...
... habits of mercantile men , in order to secure the means of effecting their purpose . Dr. Carey gave his soul to the work before him , and he gathered in a plentiful harvest . The translation of the scriptures went on rapidly under his ...
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... habits approximate to our own . Question : -Why must they be behind us ? -Answer : -One of the reasons is that a cotton manufacturer , who left Manchester seven years ago , would be driven out of the market by the very men who now live ...
... habits approximate to our own . Question : -Why must they be behind us ? -Answer : -One of the reasons is that a cotton manufacturer , who left Manchester seven years ago , would be driven out of the market by the very men who now live ...
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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...