Hogg's Weekly Instructor, Volumes 1-2J. Hogg, 1845 - English literature |
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... carried ; and Johnny , who had been nursed in sorrow , was a puny infant , and cried and whimpered , making sad ... carry her great part of the way . Hal , who was a noble , affectionate boy , was grieved to see his mother so bur- dened ...
... carried ; and Johnny , who had been nursed in sorrow , was a puny infant , and cried and whimpered , making sad ... carry her great part of the way . Hal , who was a noble , affectionate boy , was grieved to see his mother so bur- dened ...
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... carrying blazing tidings - meteors kindled at the eye and blown on the very breath of the Eternal . It will be ... carried , by the mere breath of their devotion , into the regions of the loftiest poetry . Look at Milton , whose ...
... carrying blazing tidings - meteors kindled at the eye and blown on the very breath of the Eternal . It will be ... carried , by the mere breath of their devotion , into the regions of the loftiest poetry . Look at Milton , whose ...
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... carried him off . His picture remained long in the cabinet of Count Dunkelsback ; and afterwards passed into the possession of the King of Bavaria . 6 but the game continued , each moment growing more des- perate , the spirit of rivalry ...
... carried him off . His picture remained long in the cabinet of Count Dunkelsback ; and afterwards passed into the possession of the King of Bavaria . 6 but the game continued , each moment growing more des- perate , the spirit of rivalry ...
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... carried several thousands of miles into the ' bowels of the land , ' by literally climbing the rapids of her ma- jestic rivers . יו 1 " towns , and the remote rural districts. STEAM . ITS INFLUENCE ON EDINBURGH , SATURDAY , MARCH 22 ...
... carried several thousands of miles into the ' bowels of the land , ' by literally climbing the rapids of her ma- jestic rivers . יו 1 " towns , and the remote rural districts. STEAM . ITS INFLUENCE ON EDINBURGH , SATURDAY , MARCH 22 ...
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... carry the messengers of peace to every land ? What can more efficiently open up the earth for the reception of British Bibles ... carried on business as a wine - merchant . Here he was DAVID GARRICK , whose name occupies the most conspi ...
... carry the messengers of peace to every land ? What can more efficiently open up the earth for the reception of British Bibles ... carried on business as a wine - merchant . Here he was DAVID GARRICK , whose name occupies the most conspi ...
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Page 47 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 32 - There is a remembrance of the dead to which we turn even from the charms of the living. "Oh, the grave! the grave! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
Page 46 - But the grave of those we loved, — what a place for meditation ! There it is that we call up in long review the whole history of virtue and gentleness, and the thousand endearments lavished upon us almost unheeded in the daily intercourse of intimacy ; there it is that we dwell upon the tenderness, the solemn, awful tenderness, of the parting scene.
Page 304 - Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a" that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A Man's a Man for a
Page 32 - Where is the child that would willingly forget the most tender of parents, though to remember be but to lament? Who, even in the hour of agony, would forget the friend over whom he mourns?
Page 46 - ... if thou art a lover and hast ever given one unmerited pang to that true heart which now lies cold and still beneath thy feet — then be sure that every unkind look, every ungracious word, every ungentle action, will come thronging back upon thy memory, and knocking dolefully at thy soul...
Page 62 - But, guilt has always its horrors and solicitudes; and to make it yet more shameful and detestable, it is doomed often to stand in awe of those, to whom nothing could give influence or weight, but their power of betraying.
Page 46 - Ay, go to the grave of buried love, and meditate ! There settle the account with thy conscience for every past benefit unrequited, every past endearment unregarded, of that departed being, who can never — never — never return to be soothed by thy contrition...
Page 132 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 83 - Annals of Great Britain, from the Accession of George III. to the Peace of Amiens...