Holiday PapersR. Hardwicke, 1864 - 431 pages |
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Page 21
... year , at full strain , and meet with no response whatever ; they work up to high- pressure , but no one appears to regard them . Nothing seems to follow from their anxious toil . 22 Faith . These need the rare faith which can.
... year , at full strain , and meet with no response whatever ; they work up to high- pressure , but no one appears to regard them . Nothing seems to follow from their anxious toil . 22 Faith . These need the rare faith which can.
Page 22
... his own solitary struggles against prevailing favourite errors , and respect- able corruption . There is much work , or rather toil , which seems inevitable . Who shall dig the coal ? How shall we Employ ye Asses . 23 Who shall.
... his own solitary struggles against prevailing favourite errors , and respect- able corruption . There is much work , or rather toil , which seems inevitable . Who shall dig the coal ? How shall we Employ ye Asses . 23 Who shall.
Page 33
... seems a simple thing . You see that grey church tower standing up among the trees . Within those hard old walls lives the sweetest , softest voice that ever spread its fairy rings in the still air . I was wandering about by myself early ...
... seems a simple thing . You see that grey church tower standing up among the trees . Within those hard old walls lives the sweetest , softest voice that ever spread its fairy rings in the still air . I was wandering about by myself early ...
Page 38
... , which can not only learn of man , but show such natural cun- ning , should yet never seem to teach one another . Probably they accept an accomplish- ment as an instinct . They don't know that Dog Life . 39 they learn , do not notice.
... , which can not only learn of man , but show such natural cun- ning , should yet never seem to teach one another . Probably they accept an accomplish- ment as an instinct . They don't know that Dog Life . 39 they learn , do not notice.
Page 85
... to have his title so dis- honoured , may of course be accounted for in various ingenious but unsatisfactory ways . Probably , there is some reference to the over- 86 Larks widely distributed . flow of spirits which seems.
... to have his title so dis- honoured , may of course be accounted for in various ingenious but unsatisfactory ways . Probably , there is some reference to the over- 86 Larks widely distributed . flow of spirits which seems.
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Page 257 - PEACE be to this house, and to all that dwell in it. IT When he cometh into the sick man's presence, he shall say, kneeling down, REMEMBER not, LORD, our iniquities, nor the iniquities of our forefathers ; Spare us, good LORD, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood ; and be not angry with us for ever.
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Page 35 - The natural (or merely worldly-wise) man, receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God ; for they are foolishness unto him : neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." They are "hid from the wise and prudent, and revealed unto babes...