The Recreations of a Country ParsonTicknor and Fields, 1861 - 430 pages |
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... doubt there are men in the Church whose genius , popularity , influence , or luck is such , that they have a bewildering variety of livings pressed upon them : but it is not so with ordinary folk ; and certainly it was not so with me ...
... doubt there are men in the Church whose genius , popularity , influence , or luck is such , that they have a bewildering variety of livings pressed upon them : but it is not so with ordinary folk ; and certainly it was not so with me ...
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... doubt , it is wise advice ; but how to do all that ? Great Well , it can be done but it costs an effort . part of the work of the civilized and educated man con- sists of that which the savage , and even the uneducated man , would not ...
... doubt , it is wise advice ; but how to do all that ? Great Well , it can be done but it costs an effort . part of the work of the civilized and educated man con- sists of that which the savage , and even the uneducated man , would not ...
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... doubt , the work is very hard , and very constant ; and each Sunday is a very ex- citing and exhausting day . You will understand , my friend , when you go to such a charge , what honour is due to those venerable men who have faithfully ...
... doubt , the work is very hard , and very constant ; and each Sunday is a very ex- citing and exhausting day . You will understand , my friend , when you go to such a charge , what honour is due to those venerable men who have faithfully ...
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... doubt that there is a tremendous external difference be- tween the man who lives in a grand house , with every appliance of elegance and luxury , with plump servants , fine horses , many carriages , and the poor struggling gen- tleman ...
... doubt that there is a tremendous external difference be- tween the man who lives in a grand house , with every appliance of elegance and luxury , with plump servants , fine horses , many carriages , and the poor struggling gen- tleman ...
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... doubt there is an elas- ticity in the healthy mind which very soon tides it over even a severe disappointment ; and no doubt the grapes which are unattainable do sometimes in actual fact turn sour . But let no man tell us that he has ...
... doubt there is an elas- ticity in the healthy mind which very soon tides it over even a severe disappointment ; and no doubt the grapes which are unattainable do sometimes in actual fact turn sour . But let no man tell us that he has ...
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Page 224 - BETWEEN the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour. I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet.
Page 126 - Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, — nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world— with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.
Page 222 - ... an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 332 - It is good in discourse, and speech of conversation, to vary, and intermingle speech of the present occasion with arguments, tales with reasons, asking of questions with telling of opinions, and jest with earnest; for it is a dull thing to tire, and, as we say now, to jade any thing too /far.
Page 150 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: but it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
Page 120 - Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse: Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair and learn'd and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Page 151 - Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Page 119 - P. Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name : Go, search it there...
Page 118 - HERE continueth to rot The Body of FRANCIS CHARTRES, Who with an INFLEXIBLE CONSTANCY, and INIMITABLE UNIFORMITY of life, PERSISTED, In spite of AGE and INFIRMITIES, In the practice of EVERY HUMAN VICE; Excepting PRODIGALITY and HYPOCRISY; His insatiable AVARICE exempted him from the His matchless IMPUDENCE from the second.
Page 103 - Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here : Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.