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... knew that , however imperfectly qualified , either by natural or acquired endowments , for the task of a biographer , he was the only person living who could give a history of his son's mind : - he thought that the history , together ...
... knew that , however imperfectly qualified , either by natural or acquired endowments , for the task of a biographer , he was the only person living who could give a history of his son's mind : - he thought that the history , together ...
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... knew , from the experience of three years , that she was deficient in no single qualification of a " help meet " for me in the education of our common charge . He passed through his earliest years , with no more than the ordinary share ...
... knew , from the experience of three years , that she was deficient in no single qualification of a " help meet " for me in the education of our common charge . He passed through his earliest years , with no more than the ordinary share ...
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... knew us promise or threaten in vain , the case was instantly decided : and he never , from that time , refused any draught , however nauseous . This saved us much future per- plexity . He was NEVER POINT BY IMPORTUNITY . We strove early ...
... knew us promise or threaten in vain , the case was instantly decided : and he never , from that time , refused any draught , however nauseous . This saved us much future per- plexity . He was NEVER POINT BY IMPORTUNITY . We strove early ...
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... knew that it were mockery to offer prayer , did we not employ all the means in our power to en- lighten , impress , and guide him . We ever felt that an influence from heaven was neces- sary to render our labors effectual ; -that He ...
... knew that it were mockery to offer prayer , did we not employ all the means in our power to en- lighten , impress , and guide him . We ever felt that an influence from heaven was neces- sary to render our labors effectual ; -that He ...
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... knew a human being who took a more solemn view of the realities of eternity than he , I am persuaded he never once in his life contemplated religion without a feeling of calm delight . He knew it only as the guide of life , the support ...
... knew a human being who took a more solemn view of the realities of eternity than he , I am persuaded he never once in his life contemplated religion without a feeling of calm delight . He knew it only as the guide of life , the support ...
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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...