The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, Volume 25John and Charles Mozley, 1878 |
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... thought that the Sibyl who had written certain books appearing to support Christianity was Cumes , who had sung by a divine or super- natural impulse , while he was convinced that in the books which he considered to be the Sibylline ...
... thought that the Sibyl who had written certain books appearing to support Christianity was Cumes , who had sung by a divine or super- natural impulse , while he was convinced that in the books which he considered to be the Sibylline ...
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... thought him presumptuous and ill - tempered , and added- ' I do not know what will become of him . ' At Valladolid he met his daughter Juana . She had been married to Joao , the only son of the King of Portugal , and had lost him at the ...
... thought him presumptuous and ill - tempered , and added- ' I do not know what will become of him . ' At Valladolid he met his daughter Juana . She had been married to Joao , the only son of the King of Portugal , and had lost him at the ...
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... thought wonderfully little . She had plenty of intuitive sense , decided rapidly and clearly , and could easily throw herself in other people's thoughts , but she seldom reflected , analysed or moralised , save on the spur of the moment ...
... thought wonderfully little . She had plenty of intuitive sense , decided rapidly and clearly , and could easily throw herself in other people's thoughts , but she seldom reflected , analysed or moralised , save on the spur of the moment ...
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... thought he was the pride of your heart . ' ' So he is ; but he is ahead of his fellows , and ought to be else- where . All measures have been taken for sending him up to stand at one of the public schools , but I thought him very ...
... thought he was the pride of your heart . ' ' So he is ; but he is ahead of his fellows , and ought to be else- where . All measures have been taken for sending him up to stand at one of the public schools , but I thought him very ...
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... thoughts . Ain't thoughts realler than things , mother ? " ' But much worse for him , I should say , ' exclaimed Mary . ' I thought of Pisistratus Caxton , and wrote to Mr. Ogilvie . It is a great pity , but I am afraid he ought not to ...
... thoughts . Ain't thoughts realler than things , mother ? " ' But much worse for him , I should say , ' exclaimed Mary . ' I thought of Pisistratus Caxton , and wrote to Mr. Ogilvie . It is a great pity , but I am afraid he ought not to ...
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Page 526 - But now the whole Round Table is dissolved Which was an image of the mighty world; And I, the last, go forth companionless, And the days darken round me, and the years, Among new men, strange faces, other minds.
Page 102 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 35 - Mild he lays his glory by, Born that man no more may die ; Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth.
Page 547 - Not as a child shall we again behold her ; For when with raptures wild In our embraces we again enfold her, She will not be a child ; But a fair maiden, in her Father's mansion, Clothed with celestial grace ; And beautiful with all the soul's expansion Shall we behold her face.
Page 473 - God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above ten thousand houses all in one flame ; the noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children...
Page 539 - It is not exile, rest on high : It is not sadness, peace from strife : To fall asleep is not to die ; To dwell with Christ is better life.
Page 101 - In thy orchard (the walls, butts, and trees, if they could speak, would bear me witness) I learned without book almost all Paul's Epistles; yea, and, I ween, all the Canonical Epistles, save only the Apocalypse. Of which study, although in time a great part did depart from me, yet the sweet smell thereof I trust I shall carry with me into Heaven ; for the profit thereof I think I have felt in all my lifetime ever after.
Page 373 - There is but one stage more. This stage is turbulent and troublesome — it is a short one. But you may consider it will soon carry you a very great way, it will carry you from earth to heaven ; and there you will find a great deal of cordial joy and comfort/ The King. 'I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown, where no disturbance can be, no disturbance in the world/ The Bishop.
Page 12 - These be the days of vengeance — and there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity ; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth ; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Page 214 - ... in waste places far from danger of law, maketh his mantle his house, and under it covereth himself from the wrath of heaven, from the offence of the earth, and from the sight of men. When it raineth, it is his pent-house ; when it bloweth, it is his tent ; when it freezeth, it is his tabernacle. In sommer he can wear it loose, in winter he can wrap it close ; at all times he can use it ; never heavy, never cumbersome.