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Here stands the church , plain and unadorned , save by such beauties as nature
may have bestowed , where the simple villagers once worshiped with all the
fervent gratitude of untutored nature , and here around lies all that earth can
claim ...
Here stands the church , plain and unadorned , save by such beauties as nature
may have bestowed , where the simple villagers once worshiped with all the
fervent gratitude of untutored nature , and here around lies all that earth can
claim ...
Page 70
The style of Architecture which the Roman Catholic Church has in general
adopted , and which may not unfitly be called the medieval order , seems
peculiarly appropriate to edifices of a sacred character . The very idea of it , as
must be ...
The style of Architecture which the Roman Catholic Church has in general
adopted , and which may not unfitly be called the medieval order , seems
peculiarly appropriate to edifices of a sacred character . The very idea of it , as
must be ...
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In this church are the remains of Roger Guiscard , the first Norman conqueror of
the island , and they are contained in a sarcophagus of rare stone , protected by
a Mosaic canopy , and surrounded by columns of porphyry . The tomb is shown ...
In this church are the remains of Roger Guiscard , the first Norman conqueror of
the island , and they are contained in a sarcophagus of rare stone , protected by
a Mosaic canopy , and surrounded by columns of porphyry . The tomb is shown ...
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It is no Mr . Kirk ' s Church , or Mr . Knapp ' s Church - no Anti - This - Church or
AntiThat - Church , with their confined atmospheres and horrid mephitic gases ;
but it is God ' s great Life - Sanctuary , full of religion , because it is full of activity .
It is no Mr . Kirk ' s Church , or Mr . Knapp ' s Church - no Anti - This - Church or
AntiThat - Church , with their confined atmospheres and horrid mephitic gases ;
but it is God ' s great Life - Sanctuary , full of religion , because it is full of activity .
Page 366
In the words of another , “ The Church of Rome is seen under Leo X . in all its
strength and glory : a monk speaks — and in the half of Europe the power and
glory suddenly crumble into dust . " Wickliffe , in England , seems to be the first
that ...
In the words of another , “ The Church of Rome is seen under Leo X . in all its
strength and glory : a monk speaks — and in the half of Europe the power and
glory suddenly crumble into dust . " Wickliffe , in England , seems to be the first
that ...
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Page 286 - I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow.
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Page 277 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Page 277 - THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own.
Page 408 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 311 - And wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa : Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Page 148 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where Nature guides and Virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools : There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Page 303 - To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 274 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 366 - I cannot blame him : at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward.