The Life and Times of Hugh MillerRudd & Carleton, 1859 - 346 sider |
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... amidst every change , the memory of his noblest and most cherished associations ? Are we wrong in assuming that it comes up from out those deeper feelings of our nature that mysteriously ally the present with all its changefulness to ...
... amidst every change , the memory of his noblest and most cherished associations ? Are we wrong in assuming that it comes up from out those deeper feelings of our nature that mysteriously ally the present with all its changefulness to ...
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... amidst the serenity of the external world his mind became attuned to nature's harmonies ; the scenes amidst which he laboured were , even more than books , the ministrants to his genius- the hidden manna on which his spiritual nature ...
... amidst the serenity of the external world his mind became attuned to nature's harmonies ; the scenes amidst which he laboured were , even more than books , the ministrants to his genius- the hidden manna on which his spiritual nature ...
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... his writings are so pre - eminently distinguished , we should seek in vain a better training than they re- ceived amidst those marvels of nature , in whose com- panionship so much of his life as an operative was The Bothy . 71.
... his writings are so pre - eminently distinguished , we should seek in vain a better training than they re- ceived amidst those marvels of nature , in whose com- panionship so much of his life as an operative was The Bothy . 71.
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... amidst the cheers of the assembly . After a good deal of speech - making they adjourned , to meet again in the eve- ning in one of the halls of the city of Edinburgh . A low tavern in the upper part of Canongate received the heroes from ...
... amidst the cheers of the assembly . After a good deal of speech - making they adjourned , to meet again in the eve- ning in one of the halls of the city of Edinburgh . A low tavern in the upper part of Canongate received the heroes from ...
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... amidst scenes of surpassing beauty and sublimity : then ye were at one ; now your sentiments are the antipodes of each other . Shall we mete out indiscrimi- nate approval on the one hand - unqualified censure on the other ? We cannot ...
... amidst scenes of surpassing beauty and sublimity : then ye were at one ; now your sentiments are the antipodes of each other . Shall we mete out indiscrimi- nate approval on the one hand - unqualified censure on the other ? We cannot ...
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Side 341 - He is gone who seem'd so great. Gone; but nothing can bereave him Of the force he made his own Being here, and we believe him Something far advanced in State, And that he wears a truer crown Than any wreath that man can weave him. Speak no more of his renown, Lay your earthly fancies down, And in the vast cathedral leave him. God accept him, Christ receive him.
Side 260 - The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend ! whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this earthly hole, In low pursuit ; Know, prudent, cautious, self-control Is wisdom's root.
Side 304 - There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
Side 315 - And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky.
Side 302 - ... were a fortification against sweetness of temper, natural affection, and gentle intercourse. There was the resentful Sunday of a little later, when he sat glowering and glooming through the tardy length of the day, with a sullen sense of injury in his heart, and no more real knowledge of the beneficent history of the New Testament, than if he had been bred among idolaters. There was a legion of Sundays, all days of unserviceable bitterness and mortification, slowly passing before him. 'Beg pardon,...
Side 332 - No more? A monster then, a dream, A discord. Dragons of the prime, That tare each other in their slime. Were mellow music match'd with him. O life as futile, then, as frail! O for thy voice to soothe and bless ! What hope of answer, or redress ? Behind the veil, behind the veil.
Side 338 - The cause of death we found to be a pistol-shot through the left side of the chest ; and this, we are satisfied, was inflicted by his own hand. ' From the diseased appearances found in the brain, taken in connection with the history of the case, we have no doubt that the act was suicidal under the impulse of insanity.
Side 121 - Then O, my first, my only love, The kindliest, dearest, best ! On Him may all our hopes repose,— On Him our wishes rest. His be the future's doubtful day, Let joy or grief befall : In life or death, in weal or woe, Our God, our guide, our all.
Side 298 - Ah! could you but see Bet Bouncer of these parts, you might then talk of beauty. Ecod, she has two eyes as black as sloes, and cheeks as broad and red as a pulpit cushion.