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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... fathers and their grandfathers , and as every precaution , we may be sure , will be taken for its preservation , the Churchyard Elm it will continue to be called for many years to come ; for the branches , which were too heavy for the ...
... fathers and their grandfathers , and as every precaution , we may be sure , will be taken for its preservation , the Churchyard Elm it will continue to be called for many years to come ; for the branches , which were too heavy for the ...
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... father , a great invalid , who arrived in Olney in February 1776 , and remained here until his death in 1777. Only two of the Vicars of Olney are known to be buried here , the Rev. Henry Gauntlett and the Rev. Dr. Langley ; a mural ...
... father , a great invalid , who arrived in Olney in February 1776 , and remained here until his death in 1777. Only two of the Vicars of Olney are known to be buried here , the Rev. Henry Gauntlett and the Rev. Dr. Langley ; a mural ...
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... father " that it was not fitting for girls to take such a prominent part in the service of the sanctuary , and that if his mother would teach him to play , he would be ready to take the service by the time the organ was built . " Six ...
... father " that it was not fitting for girls to take such a prominent part in the service of the sanctuary , and that if his mother would teach him to play , he would be ready to take the service by the time the organ was built . " Six ...
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... father of church music ; ” and “ The Church Hymn and Tune book , by the Rev. W. J. Blew , and Dr. H. J. Gauntlett , " has been called the " father of tune - books . " Dr. Gauntlett died suddenly at his house in Kensington on the 21st of ...
... father of church music ; ” and “ The Church Hymn and Tune book , by the Rev. W. J. Blew , and Dr. H. J. Gauntlett , " has been called the " father of tune - books . " Dr. Gauntlett died suddenly at his house in Kensington on the 21st of ...
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... father and mother were going to live in it always . His father , the Rev. John Cowper , D.D. , was rector of the parish , and chaplain to King George II .; his mother , Anne , daughter of Roger Donne , Esq . , of Ludham Hall , in ...
... father and mother were going to live in it always . His father , the Rev. John Cowper , D.D. , was rector of the parish , and chaplain to King George II .; his mother , Anne , daughter of Roger Donne , Esq . , of Ludham Hall , in ...
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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.
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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.