The Town of Cowper: Or, The Literary and Historical Associations of Olney and Its NeighborhoodS. Lor, Marston & Company, 1893 - 224 páginas |
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... acquainted with the neighbourhood , this ancient and noble structure , whose history is almost commensurate with that of the town itself , has naturally in numerous respects besides these a peculiar interest , not unmixed with love and ...
... acquainted with the neighbourhood , this ancient and noble structure , whose history is almost commensurate with that of the town itself , has naturally in numerous respects besides these a peculiar interest , not unmixed with love and ...
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... acquaintance of Mr. Browne with that celebrated divine . It was not , however , till he attended the services of some of the early evangelical preachers that he began to view the things that concerned his salvation in a clearer light ...
... acquaintance of Mr. Browne with that celebrated divine . It was not , however , till he attended the services of some of the early evangelical preachers that he began to view the things that concerned his salvation in a clearer light ...
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... acquaintance , which ripened into a friendship , of the Rev. Dr. ( afterwards Sir James ) Stonhouse , the gentle- man introduced in Hannah More's " Shepherd of Salisbury Plain " under the fictitious name of Mr. Johnson . Mr. Gauntlett ...
... acquaintance , which ripened into a friendship , of the Rev. Dr. ( afterwards Sir James ) Stonhouse , the gentle- man introduced in Hannah More's " Shepherd of Salisbury Plain " under the fictitious name of Mr. Johnson . Mr. Gauntlett ...
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... chambers in the Temple , and here it was that he first experienced that melancholy and depression of spirits that afterwards assumed so serious a form , Among his acquaintances at the Temple were Carr , Allston THE POET COWPER . 45.
... chambers in the Temple , and here it was that he first experienced that melancholy and depression of spirits that afterwards assumed so serious a form , Among his acquaintances at the Temple were Carr , Allston THE POET COWPER . 45.
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... acquaintances at the Temple were Carr , Allston and Clotworthy Rowley , and it may have been to one of these that he wrote the earliest preserved letters of his , one of which is dated Feb. 21 , 1754 , and which begin " Dear Toby . " He ...
... acquaintances at the Temple were Carr , Allston and Clotworthy Rowley , and it may have been to one of these that he wrote the earliest preserved letters of his , one of which is dated Feb. 21 , 1754 , and which begin " Dear Toby . " He ...
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Página 47 - There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.
Página 55 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere : Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was, a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.
Página 178 - From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the withered leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books.
Página 162 - Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Página 63 - Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more ; My Mary...
Página 57 - Thou art the source and centre of all minds, Their only point of rest, Eternal Word ! From thee departing, they are lost and rove At random without honour, hope, or peace.
Página 29 - III. Secret of the Island . . The Child of the Cavern . . . The Begum's Fortune .... The Tribulations of a Chinaman The Steam House, 2 vols.: — I.
Página 107 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Página 50 - SOMETIMES a light surprises The Christian while he sings; It is the Lord who rises With healing in his wings; When comforts are declining, He grants the soul again, A season of clear shining, To cheer it after rain.
Página 56 - Short-lived themselves, to immortalise their bones. Some seek diversion in the tented field, And make the sorrows of mankind their sport. But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.