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... results of much long and earnest thought , and to them he brought all the resources of a now matured and chastened style . Every word of Unto this Last was written out twice , he tells us , and " in great part of the book , three times ...
... results of much long and earnest thought , and to them he brought all the resources of a now matured and chastened style . Every word of Unto this Last was written out twice , he tells us , and " in great part of the book , three times ...
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... result like what you have done in painting . Yes , there were ' a something to do ' - not easily measurable in importance to these sunk ages . Meantime my joy is great to find myself henceforth in a minority of two , at any rate . The ...
... result like what you have done in painting . Yes , there were ' a something to do ' - not easily measurable in importance to these sunk ages . Meantime my joy is great to find myself henceforth in a minority of two , at any rate . The ...
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... results , desires to present the greater part of this collection as a free gift to the Chan- cellor , Masters , and Scholars of the University of Oxford , to be placed in the custody of the Curators of the University Galleries , " etc ...
... results , desires to present the greater part of this collection as a free gift to the Chan- cellor , Masters , and Scholars of the University of Oxford , to be placed in the custody of the Curators of the University Galleries , " etc ...
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... results upon mountain form " obtained by the slightest direction in the infant streamlets " as a type of the formation of human characters by habit " ( Vol . VI . p . 220 ) . But it was not got in . It is , however , § 35 in the First ...
... results upon mountain form " obtained by the slightest direction in the infant streamlets " as a type of the formation of human characters by habit " ( Vol . VI . p . 220 ) . But it was not got in . It is , however , § 35 in the First ...
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... result , he said , of " think- ing too long over particular passages , in many and many a solitary walk towards the mountains of Bonneville or Annecy . " 2 In revising the essays for publication in book - form he found it impossible to ...
... result , he said , of " think- ing too long over particular passages , in many and many a solitary walk towards the mountains of Bonneville or Annecy . " 2 In revising the essays for publication in book - form he found it impossible to ...
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Page 352 - The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Page 559 - What shall we do then? 11 He answereth, and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none ; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Page 389 - This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Page 452 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Page 563 - Stuarts' throne; The bigots of the iron time Had called his harmless art a crime. A wandering Harper, scorned and poor, He begged his bread from door to door, And tuned, to please a peasant's ear, The harp a king had loved to hear.
Page 452 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Page 281 - And God is able to make all grace abound toward you ; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work : 9 As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor : his righteousness remaineth for ever.
Page 352 - And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music. And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
Page 392 - For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies : and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 342 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.