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... consisting of more than six thousand , books . What a treasure to a student ! Mr. Gibbon's mind was at once ardent and persevering ; and even before a literary education had given it a more useful direc- tion , his curiosity urged him ...
... consisting of more than six thousand , books . What a treasure to a student ! Mr. Gibbon's mind was at once ardent and persevering ; and even before a literary education had given it a more useful direc- tion , his curiosity urged him ...
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... consists in this : A whole period is more or less equably broken into two clauses ; of which the one explains , exemplifies , particularizes , or somehow or other illustrates the other ; and the two members of such period are uniformly ...
... consists in this : A whole period is more or less equably broken into two clauses ; of which the one explains , exemplifies , particularizes , or somehow or other illustrates the other ; and the two members of such period are uniformly ...
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... consisting of dialogues between persons sustaining certain " characters . In these Dialogue - psalms the persons are frequently " the Psalmist himself , or the chorus of Priests and Levites , or the " leader of the Levitical band ...
... consisting of dialogues between persons sustaining certain " characters . In these Dialogue - psalms the persons are frequently " the Psalmist himself , or the chorus of Priests and Levites , or the " leader of the Levitical band ...
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... consist , have but a faint and incomplete relation to any facts in David's life , but have a clear and perfect accomplishment in the life , sufferings , and ex- altation of Christ . 2. David was an inspired prophet . But it could not ...
... consist , have but a faint and incomplete relation to any facts in David's life , but have a clear and perfect accomplishment in the life , sufferings , and ex- altation of Christ . 2. David was an inspired prophet . But it could not ...
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... consists of the external forms which the noblest thoughts and feelings of our nature have adopted as their ap- propriate expression . The materials upon which the imagi- nation works , are composed of earthly elements , but its model is ...
... consists of the external forms which the noblest thoughts and feelings of our nature have adopted as their ap- propriate expression . The materials upon which the imagi- nation works , are composed of earthly elements , but its model is ...
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Page 557 - To move away the ringlet curl From the lovely lady's cheek — There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
Page 559 - And with low voice and doleful look These words did say : . In the touch of this bosom there worketh a spell, Which is lord of thy utterance, Christabel ! Thou knowest to-night, and wilt know to-morrow This mark of my shame, this seal of my sorrow ; But vainly thou warrest, For this is alone in Thy power to declare, That in the dim forest Thou heard'st a low moaning, And found' st a bright lady, surpassingly fair ; And didst bring her home with thee in love and in charity To shield her and shelter...
Page 556 - Tis the middle of night by the castle clock, And the owls have awakened the crowing cock ; Tu— whit ! Tu— whoo ! And hark, again ! the crowing cock, How drowsily it crew.
Page 267 - There is something of pride in the perilous hour, Whate'er be the shape in which death may lower ; For Fame is there to say who bleeds, And Honour's eye on daring deeds ! But when all is past, it is humbling to tread O'er the weltering field of the tombless dead, And see worms of the earth, and fowls of the air, Beasts of the forest, all gathering there ; All regarding man as their prey, All rejoicing in his decay.
Page 181 - If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God, which he hath testified of his Son.
Page 441 - Be immersed, every one of you, in the name of the Lord Jesus, for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Page 557 - Tis a month before the month of May, And the Spring comes slowly up this way. The lovely lady, Christabel, Whom her father loves so well, What makes her in the wood so late, A furlong from the castle gate? She had dreams all yesternight Of her own betrothed knight ; And she in the midnight wood will pray For the weal of her lover that's far away.
Page 279 - ... loved them, and washed them from their sins in his own blood, and rejoicing in hope of the glory of God.
Page 245 - Regions mountainous and wild, thinly inhabited, and little cultivated, make a great part of the earth, and he that has never seen them, must live unacquainted with much of the face of nature, and with one of the great scenes of human existence.
Page 424 - they are made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the Kingdom of Heaven...