The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Volume 2Francis S. Wiggins, 1832 |
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... once paid to the memory of the illustrious dead , surrounded by objects telling the same theme of sepulchral grandeur , -now monuments of departed greatness , gradually mouldering in all the solemnity of ruin . The prodi- gious columns ...
... once paid to the memory of the illustrious dead , surrounded by objects telling the same theme of sepulchral grandeur , -now monuments of departed greatness , gradually mouldering in all the solemnity of ruin . The prodi- gious columns ...
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... once beautiful star turned aside from the glori ous path in which she rolled in music round the sun- now adrift and on fire , the wonder and terror of the sil ver - eyed constellations - the seducer only of those way- ward lights that ...
... once beautiful star turned aside from the glori ous path in which she rolled in music round the sun- now adrift and on fire , the wonder and terror of the sil ver - eyed constellations - the seducer only of those way- ward lights that ...
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... once connected with it , but now no more . The spot itself is sandy , with a scanty sprinkling of vegetation , and is only distinguishable from the rest of the steppe by two brick pyramids , and a few graves in which the neighboring ...
... once connected with it , but now no more . The spot itself is sandy , with a scanty sprinkling of vegetation , and is only distinguishable from the rest of the steppe by two brick pyramids , and a few graves in which the neighboring ...
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... once been there , When passion wild has swept along , and heart corroding care ? When guilt has once disturbed the soul , and mark'd it with its stain , Can tranquil softness of the heart be ever ours again ? Yes - But it is not of this ...
... once been there , When passion wild has swept along , and heart corroding care ? When guilt has once disturbed the soul , and mark'd it with its stain , Can tranquil softness of the heart be ever ours again ? Yes - But it is not of this ...
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... once show us that their sagacity , their quick scent , their courage , and their perseverance , may be equally well trained for good as for evil . It is de- lightful to turn from the blood - hounds of the conquerors of America to the ...
... once show us that their sagacity , their quick scent , their courage , and their perseverance , may be equally well trained for good as for evil . It is de- lightful to turn from the blood - hounds of the conquerors of America to the ...
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Page 299 - Temple of it ;" — that city from above, which hath " no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it ; for the glory of God doth lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 18 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 273 - If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Page 319 - There are- many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence; virtue itself looks like weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice.
Page 406 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — (" Treason," cried the Speaker — " treason, treason ", echoed from every part of the House.
Page 31 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till, o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 61 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of death ! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise ? thus leave Thee, native soil ! these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of gods ? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
Page 79 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 233 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Page 249 - THERE'S beauty all around our paths, if but our watchful eyes Can trace it midst familiar things, and through their lowly guise...