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... practical wisdom than theirs ; for it was to make the law of man a living counter- part of the law of God , in their highest con- ception of it . Were they too earnest in the strife to save their souls alive ? That is still the problem ...
... practical wisdom than theirs ; for it was to make the law of man a living counter- part of the law of God , in their highest con- ception of it . Were they too earnest in the strife to save their souls alive ? That is still the problem ...
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... existence otherwise so narrow and practical ; and to have conceived this , how- ever partially , is the one original and American I Written in December , 1864 . thing in Cooper . This diviner glimpse illu- mines the TWO CENTURIES AGO 7.
... existence otherwise so narrow and practical ; and to have conceived this , how- ever partially , is the one original and American I Written in December , 1864 . thing in Cooper . This diviner glimpse illu- mines the TWO CENTURIES AGO 7.
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... practical that they showed their true quality , as Englishmen are wont . It has been the fashion lately with a few feeble - minded persons to un- dervalue the New England Puritans , as if they were nothing more than gloomy and narrow ...
... practical that they showed their true quality , as Englishmen are wont . It has been the fashion lately with a few feeble - minded persons to un- dervalue the New England Puritans , as if they were nothing more than gloomy and narrow ...
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... practical concern as the figures in a fairy - tale , and all whose memories and asso- ciations , all their unconscious training by eye and ear , were New English wholly . Nor were the men whose influence was greatest in shaping the ...
... practical concern as the figures in a fairy - tale , and all whose memories and asso- ciations , all their unconscious training by eye and ear , were New English wholly . Nor were the men whose influence was greatest in shaping the ...
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... practical good sense of Cromwell is worth noting , the English understanding struggling against Judaic tram- mels . Williams gives us another peep through the keyhole of the past : " It pleased the Lord to call me for some time & with ...
... practical good sense of Cromwell is worth noting , the English understanding struggling against Judaic tram- mels . Williams gives us another peep through the keyhole of the past : " It pleased the Lord to call me for some time & with ...
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Страница 161 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions. I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Страница 255 - O ! wonder ! How many goodly creatures are there here ! How beauteous mankind is ! O brave new world, That has such people in't ! Pro. Tis new to thee.
Страница 143 - The Shepherd in Virgil, grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. 'Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help?
Страница 19 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Страница 19 - ... to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors.
Страница 279 - Lifting himself out of the lowly dust On golden plumes up to the purest skie...
Страница 299 - And is there care in Heaven ? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is...
Страница 308 - Another Damzell, as a precious gemme Amidst a ring most richly well enchaced, That with her goodly presence all the rest much graced.
Страница 263 - That same framing of his style to an old rustic language I dare not allow, since neither Theocritus in Greek, Virgil in Latin, nor Sannazzaro in Italian did affect it.
Страница 320 - There is something in Spenser that pleases one as strongly in old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Faerie Queene, when I was about twelve, with infinite delight; and I think it gave me as much, when I read it over about a year or two ago."— Spence's Anecdotes.