Passages from the Auto-biography of a "Man of Kent" [i.e. Robert Cowtan]Whittingham and Wilkins, 1866 - 407 страници |
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... , very much , do I owe thee , thou sweet guardian of my early days ; would that I had followed the advice of thy loving voice in the morning of my life : how many sorrows I Unhappy marriage . 7 should have thereby escaped . I.
... , very much , do I owe thee , thou sweet guardian of my early days ; would that I had followed the advice of thy loving voice in the morning of my life : how many sorrows I Unhappy marriage . 7 should have thereby escaped . I.
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... morning service of the Church of England is very long and tedious even to an adult , and how little children are kept at all quiet during its performance is to me a wonder . Many a time , as the communion service and the sermon came ...
... morning service of the Church of England is very long and tedious even to an adult , and how little children are kept at all quiet during its performance is to me a wonder . Many a time , as the communion service and the sermon came ...
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... morning of life , how to " trip it on the light fantastic toe . " I was not so fortunate as my eldest brother in the matter of education . He was sent to the " King's School " at Canterbury , where some of the most distinguished men of ...
... morning of life , how to " trip it on the light fantastic toe . " I was not so fortunate as my eldest brother in the matter of education . He was sent to the " King's School " at Canterbury , where some of the most distinguished men of ...
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... morning , and there- fore prudentially declined to join us in our flight . I was determined not to be disappointed in our promised bathe , and a glance at the fan - light over the school door convinced me at once that we had only to ...
... morning , and there- fore prudentially declined to join us in our flight . I was determined not to be disappointed in our promised bathe , and a glance at the fan - light over the school door convinced me at once that we had only to ...
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... 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 had remained behind told the infuriated ...
... 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 had remained behind told the infuriated ...
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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.