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... spirit without leading the mind far beyond the mere pleasure of comparison and criticism , to " thoughts more elevate and reasonings high " of things celestial and ter- restrial , as shadowed forth in form by the wit and the hand of man ...
... spirit without leading the mind far beyond the mere pleasure of comparison and criticism , to " thoughts more elevate and reasonings high " of things celestial and ter- restrial , as shadowed forth in form by the wit and the hand of man ...
Page xxvii
... spirit " and " noble instinct for greatness , " which Elizabeth Barrett was quick to recognize in her early writings , makes itself felt on every page of her books . As a friend , she was loved for her affectionate and generous heart ...
... spirit " and " noble instinct for greatness , " which Elizabeth Barrett was quick to recognize in her early writings , makes itself felt on every page of her books . As a friend , she was loved for her affectionate and generous heart ...
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... spirit of imagination began , " she says , " when I was about eight or nine years old to haunt my inner life . I can truly say that from ten years old to fourteen or fifteen I lived a double existence ; one outward , linking me with the ...
... spirit of imagination began , " she says , " when I was about eight or nine years old to haunt my inner life . I can truly say that from ten years old to fourteen or fifteen I lived a double existence ; one outward , linking me with the ...
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... the death of the latter , write of her in so iron and unsympathetic a spirit . Biographical Sketches , Harriet Martineau . London , 1870 . in a critical condition , Mrs. Jameson could be spared xxxiv MEMOIR OF MRS . JAMESON.
... the death of the latter , write of her in so iron and unsympathetic a spirit . Biographical Sketches , Harriet Martineau . London , 1870 . in a critical condition , Mrs. Jameson could be spared xxxiv MEMOIR OF MRS . JAMESON.
Page xli
... spirit with which disputed questions are touched , the frank impartiality of the whole treatment , set it above criti- cism , and make it the crowning literary achievement of the writer's life . At this time , from 1851-1854 , Mrs ...
... spirit with which disputed questions are touched , the frank impartiality of the whole treatment , set it above criti- cism , and make it the crowning literary achievement of the writer's life . At this time , from 1851-1854 , Mrs ...
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Page 302 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 246 - This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Page 49 - Above it stood the Seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
Page 171 - Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Page 171 - WHEN the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place : and suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues, like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them : and they were all filled with the HOLY GHOST ; and began to speak with other tongues, as the SPIRIT gave them utterance.
Page 380 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Page 353 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 158 - Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
Page 38 - O ! th' exceeding grace Of highest God, that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe...
Page 59 - And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.