The Remains of Henry Kirke White: Of Nottingham, Late of St. John's College, Cambridge; with an Account of His Life |
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... Grace ; and as she was known to be pestered with such applications , apprehensions began to be entertained for the safety of the papers . His brother Neville ( who was now settled in London ) , called several times ; of course he never ...
... Grace ; and as she was known to be pestered with such applications , apprehensions began to be entertained for the safety of the papers . His brother Neville ( who was now settled in London ) , called several times ; of course he never ...
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... grace . He now wrote to Mr. Simeon , stating what he had done , and that the beneficence of his unknown friends was no longer necessary : but that gentleman obliged him to decline the assistance of the Society , which he very wil ...
... grace . He now wrote to Mr. Simeon , stating what he had done , and that the beneficence of his unknown friends was no longer necessary : but that gentleman obliged him to decline the assistance of the Society , which he very wil ...
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... S. Remember that the grace of the Holy Spirit of God is ready to save thee from transgression . It is al- ways at hand : thou canst not sin without wilfully re- jecting its aid . 9. And is there real pleasure in Sin ? Thou 48.
... S. Remember that the grace of the Holy Spirit of God is ready to save thee from transgression . It is al- ways at hand : thou canst not sin without wilfully re- jecting its aid . 9. And is there real pleasure in Sin ? Thou 48.
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... Grace no further trouble . State also that you have received a letter from me , expressing a desire that the publication might be proceeded on , without any fur- ther solicitation or delay . A name of eminence was , nevertheless , a ...
... Grace no further trouble . State also that you have received a letter from me , expressing a desire that the publication might be proceeded on , without any fur- ther solicitation or delay . A name of eminence was , nevertheless , a ...
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... Grace . Mr. * ** said , that unless I had got a friend to deliver the poems , personal- ly , into the hands of her Grace , it was a hundred to one that they ever reached her ; that the porter at the lodge ...... burns scores of letters ...
... Grace . Mr. * ** said , that unless I had got a friend to deliver the poems , personal- ly , into the hands of her Grace , it was a hundred to one that they ever reached her ; that the porter at the lodge ...... burns scores of letters ...
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affection amusement art thou breast BROTHER NEVILLE calm Cambridge CAPEL LOFFT Catton Christ christian Clifton Grove dæmons dark DEAR NEVILLE death delight divine duty eternal fear feel genius give gloom Gondoline grace grave Greek H. K. WHITE hand happy hear heard heart Heaven Henry Kirke White holy honour hope hour Jesus JOHN CHARLESWORTH John's labour leave letter light live lonely lyre MADDOCK melancholy mind morning mortal mother muse nature never night Nottingham o'er pain pale peace pleasure poems poet pray prayer present religion scene Septuagint sigh silent Sizar sleep smile song SONNET soon sorrow soul spirit sublime sure sweet tear tell thee thine thing thou thought tion truth tutor verses virtues wild winds Winteringham wish write written young youth
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Page 128 - Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That had'st thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee, —...
Page 195 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 196 - THE Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high ; And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherub and on cherubim, Full royally, he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad.
Page 125 - Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks, From every host, from every gem ; But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the star of Bethlehem.
Page 198 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.
Page 131 - I've none to smile when I am free, And when I sigh, to sigh with me. Yet in my dreams a form I view, That thinks on me, and loves me too ; I start, and when the vision's flown, I weep that I am all alone.
Page 131 - It is not that my lot is low, That bids this silent tear to flow; It is not grief that bids me moan; It is that I am all alone. In woods and glens I love to roam, When the tired hedger hies him home; Or by the woodland pool to rest, When pale the star looks on its breast. Yet when the silent evening sighs, With hallow'd airs and symphonies, My spirit takes another tone, And sighs that it is all alone.
Page 289 - ... in medium discenda dabat ; coetusque silentum dictaque mirantum magni primordia mundi et rerum causas et quid natura, docebat: quid deus, unde nives, quae fulminis esset origo ; Juppiter an venti discussa nube tonarent ; 70 quid quateret terras, qua sidera lege mearent, et quodcumque latet ; primusque animalia mensis arguit imponi.
Page 125 - Deep horror then my vitals froze, death-struck, -I ceased the tide to stem; when suddenly a star arose — it was the Star of Bethlehem.
Page 201 - And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub : from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.