The Select Works of Mrs. Ellis: Comprising the Women of England, Wives of England, Daughters of England, Poetry of Life, &c., Designed to Promote the Cultivation of the Domestic VirtuesJ. & H. G. Langley, 1843 |
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... soul ; so that instead of being weary of well- doing , the character becomes strengthened , the energies enlivened , and the whole sphere of capability enlarged . Who has not felt , after a long conflict be- tween duty and inclination ...
... soul ; so that instead of being weary of well- doing , the character becomes strengthened , the energies enlivened , and the whole sphere of capability enlarged . Who has not felt , after a long conflict be- tween duty and inclination ...
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... soul of him who feels himself to be fast hastening to the confines of eternity , will sometimes seek a human ear for the utterance of its anxieties and fears , and appeal to a human heart for counsel in its hours of need . It may be ...
... soul of him who feels himself to be fast hastening to the confines of eternity , will sometimes seek a human ear for the utterance of its anxieties and fears , and appeal to a human heart for counsel in its hours of need . It may be ...
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... soul takes place , under which , whatever English women may be in the superficial in- tercourse of polished life , I have no scruple in saying , that as fireside companions , they are the most delightful upon earth . There are such ...
... soul takes place , under which , whatever English women may be in the superficial in- tercourse of polished life , I have no scruple in saying , that as fireside companions , they are the most delightful upon earth . There are such ...
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... soul - besetting sins , as they give up the luxuries they are no longer able to procure . We forget , also , that their circumstances are calculated , in an especial manner , to rouse the lurking evil , even had it never been ...
... soul - besetting sins , as they give up the luxuries they are no longer able to procure . We forget , also , that their circumstances are calculated , in an especial manner , to rouse the lurking evil , even had it never been ...
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... soul's idol- atry , it is to woman that we look for the man- tle of charity , to cast over the blighted bosom for the drop of sweetness to mingle with our bitter cup . We stretch our eyes over the wide tumultuous ocean of life , for ...
... soul's idol- atry , it is to woman that we look for the man- tle of charity , to cast over the blighted bosom for the drop of sweetness to mingle with our bitter cup . We stretch our eyes over the wide tumultuous ocean of life , for ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 83 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Página 130 - Entreat me not to leave thee or to return from following after thee, for. whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people and thy God my God. Where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Página 159 - Some heavenly music, (which even now I do,) To work mine end upon their senses, that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book.
Página 133 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Página 135 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people According to the number of the children of Israel. For the LORD'S portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Página 165 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
Página 165 - His presence ; ever to observe His providence ; and on Him sole depend, Merciful over all His works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things...
Página 135 - Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed : thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
Página 42 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Página 44 - You are my true and honourable wife, As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart.