Old Humphrey's country strolls1844 |
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Page 42
... seemed that , stripling - like , I could bound over the iron hurdles which divided the enclosure with the elasticity of a roe . I felt as one swift of foot , ready to run a race ; as a strong bow- man , about to cleave the air with a ...
... seemed that , stripling - like , I could bound over the iron hurdles which divided the enclosure with the elasticity of a roe . I felt as one swift of foot , ready to run a race ; as a strong bow- man , about to cleave the air with a ...
Page 52
... seemed to regard with great complacency the fair flowers and goodly shrubs that he had watched and watered with so much care ; and they certainly did great credit to his skill . The river rolls its deep waters considerably below the ...
... seemed to regard with great complacency the fair flowers and goodly shrubs that he had watched and watered with so much care ; and they certainly did great credit to his skill . The river rolls its deep waters considerably below the ...
Page 75
... The wind , the thunder , and the rain , seemed to have reserved their strength to grapple together , for in a little space the hurricane rode in its strength . High over head and around me were the war- ring BANKS OF THE WYE . 75.
... The wind , the thunder , and the rain , seemed to have reserved their strength to grapple together , for in a little space the hurricane rode in its strength . High over head and around me were the war- ring BANKS OF THE WYE . 75.
Page 76
... seemed to writhe in agony , and the tall and bulky elm was as a sapling in the hand of the storm . If a storm be thus terrible on the land , how much more so on the tempest - tost ocean , when mariners are driven to their wits ' end ...
... seemed to writhe in agony , and the tall and bulky elm was as a sapling in the hand of the storm . If a storm be thus terrible on the land , how much more so on the tempest - tost ocean , when mariners are driven to their wits ' end ...
Page 137
... seemed equally uncertain whether we should be considered of full tale and weight , or whether we should kick the beam . A feather would have turned the scale . Happily , the decision was in our favour . " Well , walk in , gentlemen ...
... seemed equally uncertain whether we should be considered of full tale and weight , or whether we should kick the beam . A feather would have turned the scale . Happily , the decision was in our favour . " Well , walk in , gentlemen ...
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Page 7 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 82 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Page 269 - Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Page 94 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Page 85 - And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness : And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited : and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Page 127 - FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee.
Page 75 - The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked; the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Page 121 - In every stream his bounty flows, Diffusing joy and wealth; In every breeze his spirit blows, — The breath of life and health.
Page 35 - For the Lord is a great God, And a great King above all gods. In his hand are the deep places of the earth : The strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it : And his hands formed the dry land.
Page 196 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.