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... course ; rises above , and spreads over , the face of Egypt ; giving to that land all its fertility : -yet a large portion of the effect depends upon the husbandmen , who wisely construct their reservoirs , and so pre- serve the 17.
... course ; rises above , and spreads over , the face of Egypt ; giving to that land all its fertility : -yet a large portion of the effect depends upon the husbandmen , who wisely construct their reservoirs , and so pre- serve the 17.
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... course , did very soon operate upon his mind . While we could cal- culate on this operation , in all his intercourse with us , we had ever studied to impress him with a sense of the divine presence and inspec- tion . This supplied him ...
... course , did very soon operate upon his mind . While we could cal- culate on this operation , in all his intercourse with us , we had ever studied to impress him with a sense of the divine presence and inspec- tion . This supplied him ...
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... course of instruction pur- sued , with such apparent success , in their own family ; thus offering a practical comment on their theory . A few years since , my dear William and I read together the Institutes of Quintilian ; and I was ...
... course of instruction pur- sued , with such apparent success , in their own family ; thus offering a practical comment on their theory . A few years since , my dear William and I read together the Institutes of Quintilian ; and I was ...
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... course , cease to visit us ; and we may well dispense with their visits : for the welfare of the child shall not be sacrificed to propitiate the favor of such unreasonable guests . " Yet , however rigid in our adherence to system , we ...
... course , cease to visit us ; and we may well dispense with their visits : for the welfare of the child shall not be sacrificed to propitiate the favor of such unreasonable guests . " Yet , however rigid in our adherence to system , we ...
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... course , from the first discovery of danger till the consummation of the character and of bliss ; it is needless for me to add my feeble testimony to its worth . From its influ- ence in developing my dear boy's powers , I can 54.
... course , from the first discovery of danger till the consummation of the character and of bliss ; it is needless for me to add my feeble testimony to its worth . From its influ- ence in developing my dear boy's powers , I can 54.
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Page 8 - Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today: Be fair or foul or rain or shine, The joys I have possessed in spite of Fate are mine: Not Heaven itself upon the Past has power, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour.
Page 61 - Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure.
Page 2 - The Lord gave, and the Lord taketh away, and blessed be the name of the Lord.
Page 62 - Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburdened, and look elsewhere for recreation; we desert our master, and seek for companions.
Page 38 - I was thunderstruck, and almost distracted ; for the information seemed to blast my most cherished hopes. This might, I thought, be the commencement of a series of evils for ever ruinous to our peace. I am not sure that my agony, on hearing of his death, was much more intense than that which I then endured, from an apprehension of his guilt.
Page 87 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 32 - But the Lamb, which is in the " midst of the throne, shall feed us, and lead us to
Page 4 - Thou embryo angel, or thou infant fiend, A being now begun, but ne'er to end, What boding fears a father's heart torment, Trembling and anxious for the grand event, Lest thy young soul, so late by Heaven bestowed, Forget her Father and forget her God ! — Lest, while...
Page 4 - Lest, while imprison' d in this house of clay, " To tyrant lusts she fall a helpless prey ! " And lest, descending still from bad to worse, " Her immortality should prove her curse ! " Maker of souls ! avert so dire a doom, " Or snatch her back to native Nothing's gloom !
Page 24 - Eut it is not fair, that all this looseness, and all this variety should be still floating in the world, in the face of an authoritative communication from God Himself. Had no message come to us from the fountain head of truth, it were natural enough for every individual mind to betake itself to its own speculation. But a message has come to us, bearing on its forehead every character of authenticity ; and is it right now, that the question of our faith, or of our duty, should be committed to the...