The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life, Bind 1Goodrich, 1827 |
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Side 4
... thought the world was deficient in a knowledge of the means of rendering old age agreeable , and it crossed my mind that I would suggest to Mrs. More , that she might better than any person supply this deficiency . But it was better ...
... thought the world was deficient in a knowledge of the means of rendering old age agreeable , and it crossed my mind that I would suggest to Mrs. More , that she might better than any person supply this deficiency . But it was better ...
Side 17
... thought to dash , To quench at once the bursting flash ! The shining Mischief to subdue , And lose the praise , and pleasure too ! Tho ' Venus ' self , could you detect her , Imbuing with her richest nectar , The thought unchaste -- to ...
... thought to dash , To quench at once the bursting flash ! The shining Mischief to subdue , And lose the praise , and pleasure too ! Tho ' Venus ' self , could you detect her , Imbuing with her richest nectar , The thought unchaste -- to ...
Side 20
... thought the world to him was known , Whereas he only knew the town ; In men this blunder still you find , All think their little set - mankind . Tho ' high renown the youth had gain'd , No flagrant crimes his life had stain'd , No tool ...
... thought the world to him was known , Whereas he only knew the town ; In men this blunder still you find , All think their little set - mankind . Tho ' high renown the youth had gain'd , No flagrant crimes his life had stain'd , No tool ...
Side 21
... thought him charming , pleasant , odd , But hop'd one might believe in God ; Yet such the charms that grac'd his tongue , He knew not how to think him wrong . Tho ' FLORIO tried a thousand ways , Truth's insuppressive torch would blaze ...
... thought him charming , pleasant , odd , But hop'd one might believe in God ; Yet such the charms that grac'd his tongue , He knew not how to think him wrong . Tho ' FLORIO tried a thousand ways , Truth's insuppressive torch would blaze ...
Side 22
... thought portended its decay : And fear'd twould show a falling state , If STERNHOLD should give way to TATE . The church's downfall he predicted , Were modern tunes not interdicted ; He scorn'd them all , but crown'd with palm The man ...
... thought portended its decay : And fear'd twould show a falling state , If STERNHOLD should give way to TATE . The church's downfall he predicted , Were modern tunes not interdicted ; He scorn'd them all , but crown'd with palm The man ...
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Belshazzar Betty Bible blessing Bragwell called Chaldea character charity Christ Christian church comfort corrupt Darius daugh daughters delight divine doctrine duty Eliab eternal ev'ry evil exer eyes faith fancy Fantom father favour fear feel give glory Gospel grace habit hand happiness hear heart heaven holy honour hope human humble indulgence irreligion Jack Jack Weston kind king knew labour less ligion live look Lord master ment mercy mind moral nature ness never night object Parley passion perhaps Pharnaces Philistia piety pleasure poor pow'r praise pray prayer principle religion religious Scripture sense shillings Simpson sins sober soul spirit Stock Sunday sure taste temper thee thing thou thought tion Tom Price Tommy Williams true truth Twas vanity virtue woman word worldly Worthy young youth
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Side 111 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Side 140 - Thank God, neither I nor my family can be said to break the seventh commandment. Worthy. Here again, remember how Christ himself hath said, " Whoso looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Side 452 - I beheld, and lo ! a great multitude, which no man can number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues...
Side 401 - Give alms of thy goods, and never turn thy face from any poor man ; and then the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee.
Side 39 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Side 105 - Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Side 185 - ... our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory...
Side 341 - They should be therefore trained with a view to these several conditions, and be furnished with a stock of ideas and principles, and qualifications and habits, ready to be applied and appropriated, as occasion may demand, to each of these respective situations. For though the arts which merely embellish life must claim admiration, yet when a man of sense comes to marry it is a companion he wants, and not an artist.
Side 277 - I have found, by a strict and diligent observation, that a due observation of the duty of this day, hath ever had joined to it a blessing upon the rest of my time ; and the week that hath been so begun, hath been blessed and prosperous to me...
Side 134 - But it was in vain to speak ; for his daughters constantly stopped his mouth by a favourite saying of theirs, which equally indicated affectation and vulgarity — that it was better to be out of the world than out of the fashion. Soon after dinner, the women went out to their several employments, and Mr. Worthy, being left alone with his guest, the following discourse took place.