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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... wishes , his father being very averse to the plan , and at length , after overcoming a variety of obstacles , he was fixed in the office of Messrs . Coldham and Enfield , attornies and town - clerks of Nottingham . As no premium could ...
... wishes , his father being very averse to the plan , and at length , after overcoming a variety of obstacles , he was fixed in the office of Messrs . Coldham and Enfield , attornies and town - clerks of Nottingham . As no premium could ...
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... - ham , but was objected to on account of his youth ; after repeated attempts , and repeated failures , he succeeded in his wish , through the exertions of some of his friends , and was elected . In a very short time , to 11.
... - ham , but was objected to on account of his youth ; after repeated attempts , and repeated failures , he succeeded in his wish , through the exertions of some of his friends , and was elected . In a very short time , to 11.
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... wishes which afterwards took place . He now became a correspondent in the Monthly Mirror , a magazine which first set the example of typo- graphical neatness in periodical publications , which has given the world a good series of ...
... wishes which afterwards took place . He now became a correspondent in the Monthly Mirror , a magazine which first set the example of typo- graphical neatness in periodical publications , which has given the world a good series of ...
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... wishes for patronage to an unfriended man of talents , for talents Mr. White certainly possesses , and we repeat those wishes with equal cordiality . Let him still trust , that , like Mr. Giffard , ( see Preface to his Translation of ...
... wishes for patronage to an unfriended man of talents , for talents Mr. White certainly possesses , and we repeat those wishes with equal cordiality . Let him still trust , that , like Mr. Giffard , ( see Preface to his Translation of ...
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... wish to sleep . - This is the spot Which I have long mark'd out to lay my bones in ; Tir'd out and wearied with the riotous world , Beneath this yew I would be sepulchred . It is a lovely spot ! The sultry sun , From his meridian height ...
... wish to sleep . - This is the spot Which I have long mark'd out to lay my bones in ; Tir'd out and wearied with the riotous world , Beneath this yew I would be sepulchred . It is a lovely spot ! The sultry sun , From his meridian height ...
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Page 124 - 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 191 - 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 192 - 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 121 - 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 194 - 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 127 - 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 127 - 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 285 - ... 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 121 - 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 197 - 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.