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... interesting to the imagination . As to deeds of other times , -battles fought before the invention of gun- powder , wars which have left us no legacy of taxes , -the burthens and the griefs of which we have never had to feel ; -these it ...
... interesting to the imagination . As to deeds of other times , -battles fought before the invention of gun- powder , wars which have left us no legacy of taxes , -the burthens and the griefs of which we have never had to feel ; -these it ...
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... interesting to the imagination . As to deeds of other times , -battles fought before the invention of gun- powder , -wars which have left us no legacy of taxes , the burthens and the griefs of which we have never had to feel ; -these it ...
... interesting to the imagination . As to deeds of other times , -battles fought before the invention of gun- powder , -wars which have left us no legacy of taxes , the burthens and the griefs of which we have never had to feel ; -these it ...
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... interesting to the fancy ? He must strike in with the feeling of the moment , and if possible carry on this feeling to a degree of passion beyond what the event itself seemed to demand ; and he must appear to be himself actuated by the ...
... interesting to the fancy ? He must strike in with the feeling of the moment , and if possible carry on this feeling to a degree of passion beyond what the event itself seemed to demand ; and he must appear to be himself actuated by the ...
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... interesting poem , without throw- ing a false glory on the circumstances of that horrible conflict . But Mr. Southey merits high praise for what he has not done , no less than for what he has done , in " the Poet's Pilgrimage . " It is ...
... interesting poem , without throw- ing a false glory on the circumstances of that horrible conflict . But Mr. Southey merits high praise for what he has not done , no less than for what he has done , in " the Poet's Pilgrimage . " It is ...
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... interesting , that we shall be excused for the length of our first extract . Once more I see thee , Skiddaw ! once again Behold thee in thy majesty serene , Where like the bulwark of this favoured plain , Alone thou standest , monarch ...
... interesting , that we shall be excused for the length of our first extract . Once more I see thee , Skiddaw ! once again Behold thee in thy majesty serene , Where like the bulwark of this favoured plain , Alone thou standest , monarch ...
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Page 412 - Will you be ready with all faithful diligence to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to God's word...
Page 172 - IT is certain by God's word, that children which are baptized, dying before they commit actual sin, are undoubtedly saved.
Page 533 - And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Page 588 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 410 - City, and holding a pure faith in the unity of the Spirit and in the bond of peace...
Page 381 - Nor aught else in the liquid mirror laves Its portraiture, but some inconstant star Between one foliaged lattice twinkling fair, Or, painted bird, sleeping beneath the moon, Or gorgeous insect floating motionless, Unconscious of the day, ere yet his wings Have spread their glories to the gaze of noon.
Page 387 - Die, he or justice must; unless for him Some other, able, and as willing, pay The rigid satisfaction ; death for death.
Page 534 - And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
Page 359 - For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Page 45 - When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks. Their moans The vales redoubled to the hills and they To heaven.