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... darkness ; and the instrument of man's moral renovation is thus turned into the cause of his vice . What name sufficiently appalling would characterize the action which employs such a mighty energy for evil which could exert such an ...
... darkness ; and the instrument of man's moral renovation is thus turned into the cause of his vice . What name sufficiently appalling would characterize the action which employs such a mighty energy for evil which could exert such an ...
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... darkness . known refractive combinations in Many troops were seen in succession ; the atmosphere . " and frequently the last , or last but The narrative we have just given one in a troop , would quit his posi- is so similar to one ...
... darkness . known refractive combinations in Many troops were seen in succession ; the atmosphere . " and frequently the last , or last but The narrative we have just given one in a troop , would quit his posi- is so similar to one ...
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... darkness till it smiled ! " ' & c . Is there any thing , even in Milton himself more exquisitely beautiful than these last four lines ? Dr. Channing has quoted the passage as illustrative of Milton's extreme sen- She trembles as her ...
... darkness till it smiled ! " ' & c . Is there any thing , even in Milton himself more exquisitely beautiful than these last four lines ? Dr. Channing has quoted the passage as illustrative of Milton's extreme sen- She trembles as her ...
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... darkness for to wade . " We afterwards have a speech from the second brother in praise of chastity ; in the course of which our author adduces the pagan fables to set forth the superiority of this virtue ; and then , adopting the sen ...
... darkness for to wade . " We afterwards have a speech from the second brother in praise of chastity ; in the course of which our author adduces the pagan fables to set forth the superiority of this virtue ; and then , adopting the sen ...
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... darkness , and destitute , to these events really take place ? In us , of instruction . But such is im- support of the affirmation we have possible . Scepticism has never yet gone so completely mad as to be guilty of such folly to so ...
... darkness , and destitute , to these events really take place ? In us , of instruction . But such is im- support of the affirmation we have possible . Scepticism has never yet gone so completely mad as to be guilty of such folly to so ...
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Page 59 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Page 78 - For the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead...
Page 24 - I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death...
Page 130 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 26 - And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue ; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Page 161 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all: And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 22 - BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court /My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air...
Page 24 - Peace, brother : be not over-exquisite To cast the fashion of uncertain evils : For grant they be so, while they rest unknown, What need a man forestall his date of grief...
Page 22 - Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth, and, with low-thoughted care, Confined and pestered in this pinfold here, Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, Unmindful of the crown that Virtue gives, After this mortal change, to her true servants Amongst the enthroned gods on sainted seats.
Page 142 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.