Hogg's Weekly Instructor, Volumes 1-2J. Hogg, 1845 - English literature |
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... characters of exquisite virtue ; they describe tion of the periodical literature of the day is character- them in circumstances the most affecting and trying - in ized , if not by a decided enmity to the Christian faith , sorrow , in ...
... characters of exquisite virtue ; they describe tion of the periodical literature of the day is character- them in circumstances the most affecting and trying - in ized , if not by a decided enmity to the Christian faith , sorrow , in ...
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... character too well attested , to admit of its being treated as a nonentity . They believe it propounds obliga- tions to virtuous conduct , higher and more lasting than mere temporal convenience or worldly respectability ; and to these ...
... character too well attested , to admit of its being treated as a nonentity . They believe it propounds obliga- tions to virtuous conduct , higher and more lasting than mere temporal convenience or worldly respectability ; and to these ...
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... character . To the biographical section of our labours , we look forward with a lively interest — an in - needed by him ! There is Bunyan in his dungeon at Bed- terest sharpened by the conviction that there is no kind of reading more ...
... character . To the biographical section of our labours , we look forward with a lively interest — an in - needed by him ! There is Bunyan in his dungeon at Bed- terest sharpened by the conviction that there is no kind of reading more ...
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... character he has galloped over much of our country's annals , taking an occasional scamper over those of others . Nothing comes amiss to him , from Milton to Machiavelli , from the comic poets of Charles's reign to the civil ...
... character he has galloped over much of our country's annals , taking an occasional scamper over those of others . Nothing comes amiss to him , from Milton to Machiavelli , from the comic poets of Charles's reign to the civil ...
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... character and destiny , is in Mr Macaulay's happiest vein . We are not aware that the character of Byron has , by any writer , been more powerfully analyzed or more vividly drawn , than in the essay from which we quote , though many and ...
... character and destiny , is in Mr Macaulay's happiest vein . We are not aware that the character of Byron has , by any writer , been more powerfully analyzed or more vividly drawn , than in the essay from which we quote , though many and ...
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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...