The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, Volume 7, Parts 37-42; Volume 28John and Charles Mozley, 1869 |
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... looked for the tracks of his morning guide , The shining showers , the silver dew ; Summer , still Summer , was by his side , With a flush in her eyes of blue . With words that he could not understand , She led him captive for many a ...
... looked for the tracks of his morning guide , The shining showers , the silver dew ; Summer , still Summer , was by his side , With a flush in her eyes of blue . With words that he could not understand , She led him captive for many a ...
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... looked at one another and grasped their swords , as though doubting whether they ought not to cut down their king's prisoner rather than let him be rescued ; and meanwhile the cry , ' Save King James ' broke out on all sides , knights ...
... looked at one another and grasped their swords , as though doubting whether they ought not to cut down their king's prisoner rather than let him be rescued ; and meanwhile the cry , ' Save King James ' broke out on all sides , knights ...
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... looked hard at me as it was ; and neither in England nor Scotland may that journey of mine be blazed abroad . ' Malcolm was on the whole rather relieved ; he could not help feeling guilty towards Patrick , and unless he could have full ...
... looked hard at me as it was ; and neither in England nor Scotland may that journey of mine be blazed abroad . ' Malcolm was on the whole rather relieved ; he could not help feeling guilty towards Patrick , and unless he could have full ...
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... looked to have a son . ' ' Then baulk the prophecy , ' said James ; ' Edward born at Windsor got enough , and lived long enough , to boot ! ' ' Too late ! ' was the answer . ' The Archbishop christened the poor child Harry , in the very ...
... looked to have a son . ' ' Then baulk the prophecy , ' said James ; ' Edward born at Windsor got enough , and lived long enough , to boot ! ' ' Too late ! ' was the answer . ' The Archbishop christened the poor child Harry , in the very ...
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... looked really good - natured . Leave it to me , I'll set you down all right . ' ' Yes , ' said Robin , ' take us to the finest place you can . ' ' Never fear , ' replied the conductor ; ' the finest in all London . ' The Borough looked ...
... looked really good - natured . Leave it to me , I'll set you down all right . ' ' Yes , ' said Robin , ' take us to the finest place you can . ' ' Never fear , ' replied the conductor ; ' the finest in all London . ' The Borough looked ...
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Page 431 - Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place." And they gave forth their lots ; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Page 229 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren Daughters; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 325 - Of His own will begat He us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
Page 546 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair dell or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown.
Page 317 - For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
Page 518 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Page 230 - This also we humbly and earnestly beg, that human things may not prejudice such as are divine ; neither that from the unlocking of the gates of sense, and the kindling of a greater natural light, anything of incredulity, or intellectual night, may arise in our minds towards divine mysteries.
Page 463 - Flowers have time before they come to seed, And she is young, and now must sport the while. And sport, Sweet Maid, in season of these years, And learn to gather flowers before they wither; And where the sweetest blossom first appears, Let Love and Youth conduct thy pleasures thither. Lighten forth smiles to clear the clouded air, And calm the tempest which my sighs do raise; Pity and smiles do best become the fair; Pity and smiles must only yield thee praise. Make me to say when all my griefs are...
Page 233 - I cast anchor ; and, thinking to ride safely, the storm followed me with so impetuous violence that it broke a cable, and I lost my anchor ; and, here again, I was exposed to the mercy of the sea, and the gentleness of an element that could neither distinguish things nor persons : and but that He who...
Page 231 - And like th' old Hebrews many years did stray In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last. The barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it.