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... Lady Yester's Church and the Old Church parish being held by him afterwards . The list of his appointments is an extensive one . He was chosen in 1824 one of the Royal Commissioners whose duty it was to visit the Scottish Universities ...
... Lady Yester's Church and the Old Church parish being held by him afterwards . The list of his appointments is an extensive one . He was chosen in 1824 one of the Royal Commissioners whose duty it was to visit the Scottish Universities ...
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... Lady Margaret , " and put her boats at the head of the river , despite the exertions of Third or First Trinity and all the other competitors . The class of students , it is true , is to a considerable extent different ; a far larger ...
... Lady Margaret , " and put her boats at the head of the river , despite the exertions of Third or First Trinity and all the other competitors . The class of students , it is true , is to a considerable extent different ; a far larger ...
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... Lady Vere that Mary Tracey who married Sir Horatio Vere , a general in the reigns of James I. and Charles I. , and ... Ladies of the Reformation , " " Ladies of the Covenant , " & c . In two volumes , crown 8vo . London : Blackie ...
... Lady Vere that Mary Tracey who married Sir Horatio Vere , a general in the reigns of James I. and Charles I. , and ... Ladies of the Reformation , " " Ladies of the Covenant , " & c . In two volumes , crown 8vo . London : Blackie ...
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... Lady Rachel Russel , wife of Lord William Russell , who was executed July 21 , 1683. It will be perused with interest equal to that of any other biography in this series of " Memorable Women . " Next we are led to Alice Lisle , a lady ...
... Lady Rachel Russel , wife of Lord William Russell , who was executed July 21 , 1683. It will be perused with interest equal to that of any other biography in this series of " Memorable Women . " Next we are led to Alice Lisle , a lady ...
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... Lady Jane Grey asleep the night before her execu- tion , " and the song of " Amy Robsart to Leicester " are worthy ... ladies bright , And pomp and splendour dazzling to the sight . II . " But thou hast promised I too should be ...
... Lady Jane Grey asleep the night before her execu- tion , " and the song of " Amy Robsart to Leicester " are worthy ... ladies bright , And pomp and splendour dazzling to the sight . II . " But thou hast promised I too should be ...
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Page 18 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and the sea ; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang, To the anthem of the free...
Page 362 - Six wings he wore, to shade his lineaments divine ; the pair that clad each shoulder broad came mantling o'er his breast with regal ornament; the middle pair girt like a starry zone his waist, and round skirted his loins and thighs, with downy gold and colours dipped in heaven; the third his feet shadowed from either heel with feathered mail, sky-tinctured grain. Like Maia's son he stood, and shook his plumes, that heavenly fragrance filled the circuit wide.
Page 181 - And teach her fair steps to our earth ; Till that divine Idea take a shrine Of crystal flesh, through which to shine : — Meet you her, my Wishes, Bespeak her to my blisses, And be ye call'd, my absent kisses.
Page 239 - A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again : pronounce a text, Cry, hem ! and, reading -what they never wrote Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene.
Page 129 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 182 - Days, that need borrow No part of their good morrow From a fore-spent night of sorrow : Days, that in spite Of darkness, by the light Of a clear mind are day all night. Life that dares send A challenge to his end, And when it comes, say,
Page 162 - And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
Page 319 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 144 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 264 - God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.