Passages from the Auto-biography of a "Man of Kent" [i.e. Robert Cowtan]Whittingham and Wilkins, 1866 - 407 страници |
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... matters of this nature , as to the origin of , and distinction between , " Men of Kent , " and " Kentish Men . ' Having taken some pains to examine the question , I sus- pect the real origin of the terms to have been to distinguish any ...
... matters of this nature , as to the origin of , and distinction between , " Men of Kent , " and " Kentish Men . ' Having taken some pains to examine the question , I sus- pect the real origin of the terms to have been to distinguish any ...
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... matter of education . He was sent to the " King's School " at Canterbury , where some of the most distinguished men of the county were educated . Among them may be mentioned Lords Thurlow and Tenterden , who have re- ceived their due ...
... matter of education . He was sent to the " King's School " at Canterbury , where some of the most distinguished men of the county were educated . Among them may be mentioned Lords Thurlow and Tenterden , who have re- ceived their due ...
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... matters wore a very different aspect in the morning . The master had come to the school at seven in the evening to hear our tasks and to let us out ; and no small stir was made when he found that two of the birds had flown . The boy who ...
... matters wore a very different aspect in the morning . The master had come to the school at seven in the evening to hear our tasks and to let us out ; and no small stir was made when he found that two of the birds had flown . The boy who ...
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... matter so deeply affecting his future welfare , and care should be taken not to make a boy a tailor or a tinker , if he is better qualified for an architect or a civil engineer ; yet it is , I think , desirable that a father should ...
... matter so deeply affecting his future welfare , and care should be taken not to make a boy a tailor or a tinker , if he is better qualified for an architect or a civil engineer ; yet it is , I think , desirable that a father should ...
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... matters of this nature ( for I confess I love to linger over the theme ) , says , " We do not discriminate sufficiently , when we imagine that the source of woman's power arises principally from the beauty of her countenance . For ...
... matters of this nature ( for I confess I love to linger over the theme ) , says , " We do not discriminate sufficiently , when we imagine that the source of woman's power arises principally from the beauty of her countenance . For ...
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Страница 345 - But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Страница 389 - Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Страница 115 - Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.
Страница 179 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Страница 286 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and, though poor perhaps compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Страница 128 - The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the Ocean, The winds of Heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one another's being mingle.
Страница 90 - Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Страница 122 - God be thanked for books ! They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race.
Страница 345 - Then they that gladly received his word were baptized ; and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls ; and they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Страница 3 - My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies.