A Book about DominiesW.P. Nimmo, 1867 - 211 páginas |
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A Book about Dominies [By A.R.H. Moncrieff.] Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 149 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Página 112 - We do earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; the remembrance of them is grievous unto us; the burden of them is intolerable.
Página 45 - E'en children followed with endearing wile And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile. His ready smile a parent's warmth expressed, Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distressed ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven.
Página 196 - Where are my friends? I am alone; No playmate shares my beaker: Some lie beneath the churchyard stone, And some — before the Speaker; And some compose a tragedy, And some compose a rondo; And some draw sword for Liberty, And some draw pleas for John Doe. Tom Mill was used to blacken eyes Without the fear of sessions; Charles Medlar loathed false quantities, As much as false professions; Now Mill keeps order in the land, A magistrate pedantic; And Medlar's feet repose unscann'd Beneath the wide...
Página 158 - I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me. At his first settling with me, I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly, he has digested them into such a series, that they follow one another naturally, and make a continued system of practical divinity.
Página 197 - Wild Nick, whose oaths made such a din, Does Dr. Martext's duty ; And Mullion, with that monstrous chin, Is married to a Beauty ; And Darrell studies, week by week, His Mant, and not his Manton ; And Ball, who was but poor at Greek. Is very rich at Canton.
Página 84 - Of mountain torrents ; or the visible scene Would enter unawares into his mind With all its solemn imagery, its rocks, Its woods, and that uncertain heaven, received Into the bosom of the steady lake. This boy was taken from his mates, and died In childhood, ere he was full twelve years old.
Página 193 - If there be one who need bemoan His kindred laid in earth, The household hearts that were his own, It is the man of mirth. My days, my friend, are almost gone; My life has been approved, And many love me ; but by none Am I enough beloved.
Página 70 - OH, ye ! who teach the ingenuous youth of nations, Holland, France, England, Germany, or Spain, I pray ye flog them upon all occasions, It mends their morals, never mind the pain...
Página 154 - That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them: We beseech thee to hear us good lord.