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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... short time ago a visitor , after facetiously observing that " You might fire a cannon down the street all day , without injuring even a cat , " inquired of a shoemaker , the only person to be seen , where the people were . " Where they ...
... short time ago a visitor , after facetiously observing that " You might fire a cannon down the street all day , without injuring even a cat , " inquired of a shoemaker , the only person to be seen , where the people were . " Where they ...
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... short prayer preparatory to entering the church ; here , at times , services were held , and the officiating priest would harangue his audience from the steps at its base ; and here , in those primitive times , when public buildings ...
... short prayer preparatory to entering the church ; here , at times , services were held , and the officiating priest would harangue his audience from the steps at its base ; and here , in those primitive times , when public buildings ...
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... short of a miracle . In October 1782 , after Scott had been at Olney about a year and a half , Lady Austen , the friend of Cowper , came to lodge at the Vicarage , taking his first floor and other accommodation he could easily spare ...
... short of a miracle . In October 1782 , after Scott had been at Olney about a year and a half , Lady Austen , the friend of Cowper , came to lodge at the Vicarage , taking his first floor and other accommodation he could easily spare ...
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... short time at " the Bull . " Later on in the year , struck with the increasing gloom that was enveloping his friend , Newton suggested the writing of the Olney Hymns , in the hope that concentration of mind on holy themes would afford ...
... short time at " the Bull . " Later on in the year , struck with the increasing gloom that was enveloping his friend , Newton suggested the writing of the Olney Hymns , in the hope that concentration of mind on holy themes would afford ...
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... short pieces for his own amuse- ment ; and then , at the instance of Mrs. Unwin , began and finished the " Progress of Error . " This was rapidly followed by " Truth , " " Table - Talk , " " Expostulation , " " Hope , " " Charity ...
... short pieces for his own amuse- ment ; and then , at the instance of Mrs. Unwin , began and finished the " Progress of Error . " This was rapidly followed by " Truth , " " Table - Talk , " " Expostulation , " " Hope , " " Charity ...
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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.