The British Controversialist and Literary MagazineHoulston and Stonemen, 1869 |
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... things material or even intel- lectual , but of things moral , the most beautiful of all . Imperfectly as these could be known in Greece , they were not neglected in the abundance of other objects of cultivation and exertion . The ...
... things material or even intel- lectual , but of things moral , the most beautiful of all . Imperfectly as these could be known in Greece , they were not neglected in the abundance of other objects of cultivation and exertion . The ...
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... things they were but few removes from barbarism , they only among nations - so far as is known to us - emerged from barbarism by their own efforts , not following in the track of any more advanced people . If with them , as in all an ...
... things they were but few removes from barbarism , they only among nations - so far as is known to us - emerged from barbarism by their own efforts , not following in the track of any more advanced people . If with them , as in all an ...
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... things , though they may fail in particular cases ; and it is the chief busi- ness of philosophers to regard the general course of things . I may add that it is also the chief business of politicians , especially in the domestic ...
... things , though they may fail in particular cases ; and it is the chief busi- ness of philosophers to regard the general course of things . I may add that it is also the chief business of politicians , especially in the domestic ...
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... things were in a different state from what they are . ' I never fared worse , ' as the proverb says , ' than when I had a wish for my supper , ' and it is no less to talk of what we would do if the case were different , for as the ...
... things were in a different state from what they are . ' I never fared worse , ' as the proverb says , ' than when I had a wish for my supper , ' and it is no less to talk of what we would do if the case were different , for as the ...
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6 things which a man should never get angry at : what he can't help and what he can . ' A wise man will never be driven desperate , and , as the proverb says , ' Throw the horse away after the saddle . ' But if we do exert ourselves to ...
6 things which a man should never get angry at : what he can't help and what he can . ' A wise man will never be driven desperate , and , as the proverb says , ' Throw the horse away after the saddle . ' But if we do exert ourselves to ...
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Page 60 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep.
Page 135 - The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast: Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigour born, The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light That fly th
Page 388 - Last came, and last did go, The pilot of the Galilean Lake ; Two massy keys he bore of metals twain...
Page 372 - And now in age I bud again, After so many deaths I live and write; I once more smell the dew and rain, And relish versing: O my only light, It cannot be That I am he, On whom thy tempests fell all night.
Page 323 - ... confer all their power and strength upon one man, or upon one assembly of men, that may reduce all their wills, by plurality of voices, unto one will...
Page 471 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed. And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 305 - And all their echoes, mourn : The willows and the hazel copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays ; — As killing as the canker...
Page 464 - That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed...
Page 21 - He married my sisters with five pound or twenty nobles a-piece, so that he brought them up in godliness and fear of God. He kept hospitality for his poor neighbours ; and some alms he gave to the poor, and all this he did of the said farm.
Page 376 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. " He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small ; For the dear God who loveth us He made and loveth all.