The Listener, Volume 2G.W. Donohue, 1837 - English essays |
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... listened with as much zest as she before had talked ; entered into every thing with evident delight , and evinced just as much willingness to receive pleasure , as she had before done to afford it . It may be thought Amelia's conduct ...
... listened with as much zest as she before had talked ; entered into every thing with evident delight , and evinced just as much willingness to receive pleasure , as she had before done to afford it . It may be thought Amelia's conduct ...
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... listen for one day to the habi- tual conversation , or talk , or speech , whichever is the better word , of a family circle of very cultivated and religious young people ; and to my own , as that day a member of the circle . If I had ...
... listen for one day to the habi- tual conversation , or talk , or speech , whichever is the better word , of a family circle of very cultivated and religious young people ; and to my own , as that day a member of the circle . If I had ...
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... listen honestly and openly , in the broad light of day , and never hear anything but what everybody else has heard , and no one had any intention to conceal , I may hope to be exempted from the sentence of this proverb ; and , if I ...
... listen honestly and openly , in the broad light of day , and never hear anything but what everybody else has heard , and no one had any intention to conceal , I may hope to be exempted from the sentence of this proverb ; and , if I ...
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... listen- ing to some very pretty English and Italian songs , chastely and beautifully executed , Mrs. Rivers said , " Come , let us have some sacred music . " The young ladies complied ; and , to a common observer , it might seem as ...
... listen- ing to some very pretty English and Italian songs , chastely and beautifully executed , Mrs. Rivers said , " Come , let us have some sacred music . " The young ladies complied ; and , to a common observer , it might seem as ...
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... listening , and mindless of what is daily be- fore my eyes and in my ears , have let imagination range in things that have no reality ; if it be said that music is an innocent plaything of man's secular estate , in which we may expend ...
... listening , and mindless of what is daily be- fore my eyes and in my ears , have let imagination range in things that have no reality ; if it be said that music is an innocent plaything of man's secular estate , in which we may expend ...
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Æsop Amelia amuse answered asked beauty believe better blessing bosom cern character child children of God companions conversation delight desire dity Divine grace dress duty enjoyment ennui evil feeling flowers folly girls give Good-humour habits happy hear heard heart heaven Hebrew Hester holy Humility humour ill-humour Janet Julia knew labour learned less lest listen live looked masticate means mind mirth misery Miss Montague Square mother ness never object opinion ourselves pain parents party passed perceived perhaps perpetual person pious pleasure poor powers prayer pride principle of charity racter Rationalis religion religious Sabbath scarcely seemed selfish sensible servants society sorrow speak spirit sure Susan talent talk taste tell thing thistles thought Thrush tion tivated truth uncon vanity walk wish woman wonder words wrong YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY young ladies
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Page 158 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.
Page 62 - ... renounce the devil and all his works, and constantly believe God's holy word, and obediently keep his commandments. I demand therefore, DOST thou, in the name of this child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow nor be led by them ? Answ.
Page 45 - Then, crowned again, their golden harps they took, Harps ever tuned, that glittering by their side Like quivers hung, and with preamble sweet Of charming symphony they introduce Their sacred song, and waken raptures high : No voice exempt, no voice but well could join Melodious part, such concord is in heaven.
Page 62 - God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life.
Page 249 - ... with it contentedly, being very well pleased that he had not been left to his own choice, as to the kind of evils which fell to his lot.
Page 26 - Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull, Nor such as with a frown forbids the play Of fancy, or proscribes the sound of mirth. Nor do we madly, like an impious world, Who deem religion frenzy, and the God That made them an intruder on their joys, Start at his awful name, or deem his praise A jarring note...
Page 259 - O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion : What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion ! ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH.
Page 190 - ... in the gay crowd. She describes, I fear, but too correctly, the character of her piety — "It never passes the lips, and scarcely appears in the life." And Amelia forgets the word that says, — "These three years have I come seeking fruit, and find none ; cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground ?
Page 56 - ... inclinations, and habits, than from a deliberate regard to their greatest good. It is only on great occasions the mind awakes to take an extended survey of her whole course, and that she suffers the dictates of reason to impress a new bias upon her movements. The actions of each day are, for the most part, links which follow each other in the chain of custom. Hence the great effort of practical wisdom is to imbue the mind with right tastes, affections, and habits; the elements of character, and...
Page 112 - T is gone if it but look upon itself; And she who ventures to esteem it hers, Proves by that single thought she has it not.