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... give back the flourish of the trumpets . Minstrels and esquires , retainers , pages , and servitors crowd the place . The council chamber is filled . The sovereign is gorgeously attended in his palace . The drawbridge is up , the gates ...
... give back the flourish of the trumpets . Minstrels and esquires , retainers , pages , and servitors crowd the place . The council chamber is filled . The sovereign is gorgeously attended in his palace . The drawbridge is up , the gates ...
Page 26
... give me the regalia for a bride , and " ten thousand marks by the year " to keep up my state ; and even then , if ye compel me to reside there always , I will not be master - general of the ordnance and constable of the Tower ! Since ...
... give me the regalia for a bride , and " ten thousand marks by the year " to keep up my state ; and even then , if ye compel me to reside there always , I will not be master - general of the ordnance and constable of the Tower ! Since ...
Page 30
... give a passing fervour to my faith , and carry my affections on- ward to that eternal world , which is represented to us as resounding with alleluias . So long as Music is content to be the handmaid of Devotion , she is well worthy of ...
... give a passing fervour to my faith , and carry my affections on- ward to that eternal world , which is represented to us as resounding with alleluias . So long as Music is content to be the handmaid of Devotion , she is well worthy of ...
Page 37
... give leave for such a vent , ) the smiting of the breast , the wringing of the hands ; to hear the sighs and groans , the doleful and weeping speeches of the distressed citizens , when they were bringing forth their wives , some from ...
... give leave for such a vent , ) the smiting of the breast , the wringing of the hands ; to hear the sighs and groans , the doleful and weeping speeches of the distressed citizens , when they were bringing forth their wives , some from ...
Page 54
... give ; I bid thee in thy confidence increase , And tell thee , that in glory thou shalt live ; And flaming seraph's or archangel's tongue , With heavenly minstrelsy and rapture rife , Would fail to make thee comprehend in song The ...
... give ; I bid thee in thy confidence increase , And tell thee , that in glory thou shalt live ; And flaming seraph's or archangel's tongue , With heavenly minstrelsy and rapture rife , Would fail to make thee comprehend in song The ...
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Page 139 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Page 208 - And now art thou cursed from the earth which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength : a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Page 75 - And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, "Loose him, and let him go.
Page 9 - For why? the Lord our God is good, His mercy is for ever sure ; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure.
Page 249 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you : who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass ; 13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth...
Page 260 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 307 - Like sheep they are laid in the grave ; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning ; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave : for he shall receive me.
Page 61 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 9 - God; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul.
Page 75 - And when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth ! And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes : and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.