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... thee all angels cry aloud " Then of the tenors and baffes , " The heavens and all the powers therein , " the organ accompanying in octaves below . Second inftance , " The glorious com- pany of the apoftles - The good fellowship of the ...
... thee all angels cry aloud " Then of the tenors and baffes , " The heavens and all the powers therein , " the organ accompanying in octaves below . Second inftance , " The glorious com- pany of the apoftles - The good fellowship of the ...
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... thee , That day , for come it will , that day fhall I lament to fee . This verfe , being inconvenient to pro- nounce and write , by reafon of its length , is broken into an agreeable measure , called Lyrick , of four lines , called ...
... thee , That day , for come it will , that day fhall I lament to fee . This verfe , being inconvenient to pro- nounce and write , by reafon of its length , is broken into an agreeable measure , called Lyrick , of four lines , called ...
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... thee Council , where our Princes meet , And send thee fcourg'd , and bellowing thro ' the fleet . POPE'S II . II . 302 . As godlike Hector faw the Prince retreat , He thus upbraids him with a generous heat ; Unhappy Unhappy Prince ! but ...
... thee Council , where our Princes meet , And send thee fcourg'd , and bellowing thro ' the fleet . POPE'S II . II . 302 . As godlike Hector faw the Prince retreat , He thus upbraids him with a generous heat ; Unhappy Unhappy Prince ! but ...
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Anselm Bayly. am fome time afraid , yet put I my trust in thee . " The valorous hero fhould be fufceptible even of the fofter paffions , Humanity , Pity , and Love , but not overcome by them . Homer ( II . X. ) reprefents Agamemnon ...
Anselm Bayly. am fome time afraid , yet put I my trust in thee . " The valorous hero fhould be fufceptible even of the fofter paffions , Humanity , Pity , and Love , but not overcome by them . Homer ( II . X. ) reprefents Agamemnon ...
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... thee to bow thine ear to the poor , and give him a friendly answer with meekness . " Here is inculcated respect and fubmiffion to supe- riors , condefcenfion to inferiors , and de- cency among equals . Among his Peers , " fays Lord ...
... thee to bow thine ear to the poor , and give him a friendly answer with meekness . " Here is inculcated respect and fubmiffion to supe- riors , condefcenfion to inferiors , and de- cency among equals . Among his Peers , " fays Lord ...
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Page 345 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Page 352 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by ? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Page 286 - O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death...
Page 267 - This is dispensed ; and what surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall delineate so, By likening spiritual to corporal forms, As may express them best ; though what if earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein Each to other like, more than on earth is thought...
Page 349 - And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Page 302 - Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in His presence, ever to observe His providence, and on Him sole depend, Merciful over all His works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things...
Page 221 - ... the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom, The life, which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give!
Page 107 - Much matter uttered she of weight, in place whereas she sat: And proved plain there was no beast, nor creature bearing life, Could well be known to live in love without discord and strife: Then kissed she her little babe and sware by God above, The falling out of faithful friends renewing is of love.
Page 170 - Then are they glad, because they are at rest : and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.
Page 243 - For him through hostile camps I bent my way, For him thus prostrate at thy feet I lay; Large gifts proportion'd to thy wrath I bear; O hear the wretched, and the gods revere...