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Page 29 - Ne'er saw I, never felt a calm so deep, The river glideth at his own sweet will ; Dear God, the very houses seem asleep, And all that mighty heart is lying still.
Page 284 - belongeth all that is in heaven and in earth. Who is he that can intercede with Him, but by His own permission? He knoweth that which is past and that which is to come unto them —they shall not comprehend anything of His knowledge, but so far as He
Page 51 - So from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, And then from hour to hour we rot and rot, And thereby hangs a tale.
Page 269 - A transforming government went abroad. Dishonesty and dissoluteness were ashamed and hid their heads. Loyalty and good faith became the characteristics of the men, and chastity and docility those of the women. Strangers came in crowds from other States. Confucius was the idol of the people, and flew in songs through their mouths.
Page 51 - there was no feeling like it ? Ah, but there is a half-acknowledged melancholy like to this when we stand in the perfected vigour of our life and feel that Time has now given us all his flowers, and that the next work of his never-idle fingers must be to steal them one by one away.
Page 284 - —they shall not comprehend anything of His knowledge, but so far as He pleaseth. His throne is extended over heaven and earth, and the upholding of both is no burden to Him. He is the Lofty and the Great.
Page 151 - Justice, and that as stern, as inflexible as law and might can make it, I will deal out. But I will never allow an angry and indiscriminating act or word to proceed from the Government of India as long as I am responsible for it.
Page 270 - a man who in his eager pursuit of knowledge forgets his food, who in the joy of its attainment forgets his sorrows, and who does not perceive that old age is coming on.
Page 239 - Thou think'st there is no more such shapes as he, Having seen but him and Caliban : foolish wench ! To the most of men this is