Lectures on the Life, Genius and Insanity of CowperR. Carter & brothers, 1856 - 415 páginas |
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... bless , Are scatter'd at the feet of man like flowers . " But the distinction between the two passages is that be- tween the two poets - the one comparatively artificial and elaborately philosophic , even though full of nature and ...
... bless , Are scatter'd at the feet of man like flowers . " But the distinction between the two passages is that be- tween the two poets - the one comparatively artificial and elaborately philosophic , even though full of nature and ...
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... Blessed be God , in him all fulness dwells , of merit and righteous- ness , of grace and salvation , and this for ... bless my poor , unworthy services to his eternal good . I long to see his fine genius consecrated to the best of causes ...
... Blessed be God , in him all fulness dwells , of merit and righteous- ness , of grace and salvation , and this for ... bless my poor , unworthy services to his eternal good . I long to see his fine genius consecrated to the best of causes ...
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... blessed Lord , in John xiv . 6 , " I AM THE WAY . " It was accompanied by the Spirit of God , and from that time Captain Scott was a changed man , and speedily began to preach to his own soldiers the truth which he had learned to love ...
... blessed Lord , in John xiv . 6 , " I AM THE WAY . " It was accompanied by the Spirit of God , and from that time Captain Scott was a changed man , and speedily began to preach to his own soldiers the truth which he had learned to love ...
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... blessed with the greatest happiness I can ever know or hope for in this life , while they were overtaken by the great arrest , unawakened , unrepenting , and every way unprepared for it ? His infinite wisdom , to whose infinite . mercy ...
... blessed with the greatest happiness I can ever know or hope for in this life , while they were overtaken by the great arrest , unawakened , unrepenting , and every way unprepared for it ? His infinite wisdom , to whose infinite . mercy ...
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... blessed third of Paul , as Bunyan would have called it , " Whom God had set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood , to declare His righteousness through the remission of sins that are passed , through the forbearance of ...
... blessed third of Paul , as Bunyan would have called it , " Whom God had set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood , to declare His righteousness through the remission of sins that are passed , through the forbearance of ...
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Página 247 - Wouldst softly speak, and stroke my head, and smile;) Could those few pleasant days again appear, Might one wish bring them, would I wish, them here? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might — But no!
Página 48 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry , but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious.
Página 324 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science, blinds The eyesight of Discovery ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meager intellect. unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form.
Página 246 - A thousand other themes less deeply traced. Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou mightst know me safe and warmly laid ; Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, The biscuit, or confectionary plum...
Página 95 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers.
Página 245 - Faithful remembrancer of one so dear, 0 welcome guest, though unexpected here ! Who bidst me honour with an artless song, Affectionate, a mother lost so long, 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own ; And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she.
Página 295 - It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
Página 246 - May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wish'd I long believed. And, disappointed still, was still deceived. By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a child.
Página 306 - THE twentieth year is well-nigh past Since first our sky was overcast ; Ah would that this might be the last! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary...
Página 211 - Thou art the source and centre of all minds, Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From thee departing, they are lost and rove At random, without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all that soothes the life of man, His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve.