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Page 44
... grace enough for many men may have too little for himself , the treasure he had being but in an earthen vessel and that equally defiled with original sin as any other man's nature is . " There are phrases here that may be matched with ...
... grace enough for many men may have too little for himself , the treasure he had being but in an earthen vessel and that equally defiled with original sin as any other man's nature is . " There are phrases here that may be matched with ...
Page 67
... grace without reference to the works of the subject of it . Com- ing back from a visit to England in 1638 , he " was questioned for some speeches uttered by him in the ship , viz : that they at Boston were zealous as the scribes and ...
... grace without reference to the works of the subject of it . Com- ing back from a visit to England in 1638 , he " was questioned for some speeches uttered by him in the ship , viz : that they at Boston were zealous as the scribes and ...
Page 68
... grace , with such assurance and joy , as he never doubted since of his good estate , neither should he , whatsoever sin he should fall into , - a good preparative for such motions as he familiarly used to make to some of that sex ...
... grace , with such assurance and joy , as he never doubted since of his good estate , neither should he , whatsoever sin he should fall into , - a good preparative for such motions as he familiarly used to make to some of that sex ...
Page 71
... grace . I must give a single specimen of it from a letter whose high moral tone is all the more diverting that it was written while he was under excom- munication for the sin which he afterwards con- fessed . It is addressed to Winthrop ...
... grace . I must give a single specimen of it from a letter whose high moral tone is all the more diverting that it was written while he was under excom- munication for the sin which he afterwards con- fessed . It is addressed to Winthrop ...
Page 164
... grace which it wants in the original . His " Nathan , " by a poor translation of which he is chiefly known to English readers , is an Essay on Toleration in the form of a dia- logue . As a play , it has not the interest of " Minna " or ...
... grace which it wants in the original . His " Nathan , " by a poor translation of which he is chiefly known to English readers , is an Essay on Toleration in the form of a dia- logue . As a play , it has not the interest of " Minna " or ...
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Page 161 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions. I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Page 255 - O ! wonder ! How many goodly creatures are there here ! How beauteous mankind is ! O brave new world, That has such people in't ! Pro. Tis new to thee.
Page 143 - The Shepherd in Virgil, grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. 'Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help?
Page 19 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Page 19 - ... to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors.
Page 279 - Lifting himself out of the lowly dust On golden plumes up to the purest skie...
Page 299 - And is there care in Heaven ? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is...
Page 308 - Another Damzell, as a precious gemme Amidst a ring most richly well enchaced, That with her goodly presence all the rest much graced.
Page 263 - That same framing of his style to an old rustic language I dare not allow, since neither Theocritus in Greek, Virgil in Latin, nor Sannazzaro in Italian did affect it.
Page 320 - There is something in Spenser that pleases one as strongly in old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Faerie Queene, when I was about twelve, with infinite delight; and I think it gave me as much, when I read it over about a year or two ago."— Spence's Anecdotes.