The Kilmarnock mirror, and literary gleaner, Volume 1at the Kilmarnock Press, by Mathie and Lochore, 1819 - English literature |
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... feeling , circumlocutory phraseology of modern days , aut domi aut foris . Nor will it less admit of negation that to me shall appertain the sole praise of having superintended him while in the attainment of classical knowledge ...
... feeling , circumlocutory phraseology of modern days , aut domi aut foris . Nor will it less admit of negation that to me shall appertain the sole praise of having superintended him while in the attainment of classical knowledge ...
Page 90
... feelings . Whether that belief is to be pronounced wholly unfounded , is a question that deserves more consideration than is often given to it ; a question which , if properly considered , would produce greater discrepancy of o- pinion ...
... feelings . Whether that belief is to be pronounced wholly unfounded , is a question that deserves more consideration than is often given to it ; a question which , if properly considered , would produce greater discrepancy of o- pinion ...
Page 91
... feelings of the human mind , coincide wonderfully with the belief , and the rea- sonings , and the feelings , of all past ... feeling of the conscience . To discover the commencement of this belief baf- fles every investigation of the ...
... feelings of the human mind , coincide wonderfully with the belief , and the rea- sonings , and the feelings , of all past ... feeling of the conscience . To discover the commencement of this belief baf- fles every investigation of the ...
Page 92
... feelings . Even when natural impressions are blunted by long habits of desperate or criminal adventure ; even when all the powers of the mind are steeled by the princi- ples of a sceptical philosophy - even when a mistaken piety , and ...
... feelings . Even when natural impressions are blunted by long habits of desperate or criminal adventure ; even when all the powers of the mind are steeled by the princi- ples of a sceptical philosophy - even when a mistaken piety , and ...
Page 98
... feelings of the heart are destroyed ; and , the original ca- pacities of enjoyment being lessened , the same objects , and ... feeling of pity and indignation on their follies and their crimes . On the General Improvement in Virtue . But ...
... feelings of the heart are destroyed ; and , the original ca- pacities of enjoyment being lessened , the same objects , and ... feeling of pity and indignation on their follies and their crimes . On the General Improvement in Virtue . But ...
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Page 92 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
Page 268 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon : and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Page 290 - Ah me ! what hand can touch the string so fine ? Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, Then let them down again into the soul...
Page 290 - Lull'd the weak bosom, and induced ease, Aerial music in the warbling wind, At distance rising oft by small degrees, Nearer and nearer came, till o'er the trees It hung, and breath'd such soul-dissolving airs, As did, alas!
Page 228 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 323 - The bishop, in reply, with great wit and calmness, exposed this rude attack, concluding thus: "Since the noble lord hath discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be compared to the prophet Balaam ; but, my lords, I am at a loss how to make out the other part of the parallel: I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship.
Page 313 - THERE is an hour of peaceful rest, To mourning wanderers given ; There is a joy for souls distressed, A balm for every wounded breast : 'Tis found above — in heaven.
Page 37 - Poor dog ! he was faithful and kind, to be sure, And he constantly loved me, although I was poor ; When the sour-looking folks sent me heartless away, I had always a friend in my poor dog Tray. When the road was so dark, and the night was so cold And Pat and his dog were grown weary and old, How snugly we slept in my old coat of...
Page 217 - The fisherman forsook the strand, The swarthy smith took dirk and brand; With changed cheer, the mower blithe Left in the...
Page 322 - Lords, said, among other things, 'that he prophesied last winter this bill would be attempted in the present session, and he was sorry to find that he had proved a true prophet.