Memoir of Edward Copleston, Bishop of Llandaff: With Selections from His Diary and Correspondence, Etc |
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... live as other gentlemen do . How absurdly they have been talking of late in Parliament on this subject , when discussing the project for London College . The expenses complained of are not those of a university . They are just what must ...
... live as other gentlemen do . How absurdly they have been talking of late in Parliament on this subject , when discussing the project for London College . The expenses complained of are not those of a university . They are just what must ...
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... live in . It was then that all the main parts of the building might be considered as put out of hand ; though much remains now to be done , inside and out , up - stairs and down , and we are all still in mortar . ' An argument , then ...
... live in . It was then that all the main parts of the building might be considered as put out of hand ; though much remains now to be done , inside and out , up - stairs and down , and we are all still in mortar . ' An argument , then ...
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... lives of many . The cheapness of bread is an alleviation ; but the want of fuel is almost irremediable , Yours , & c . P. S. - If you have observed the thermometer I should like to know the lowest degree , with the date specified . It ...
... lives of many . The cheapness of bread is an alleviation ; but the want of fuel is almost irremediable , Yours , & c . P. S. - If you have observed the thermometer I should like to know the lowest degree , with the date specified . It ...
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... lives , I should scarcely pause to mention the fact that Mr. Coples- ton did so this year , were it not with the design of introducing some specimens of his letters written while abroad . I do so with the full consciousness that , as ...
... lives , I should scarcely pause to mention the fact that Mr. Coples- ton did so this year , were it not with the design of introducing some specimens of his letters written while abroad . I do so with the full consciousness that , as ...
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... lives in society , but it is a dismal state for a householder ; and it requires both better health and a stronger mind than I can boast to support it cheerfully . If ever I am so happy as to change it for a married state , you shall ...
... lives in society , but it is a dismal state for a householder ; and it requires both better health and a stronger mind than I can boast to support it cheerfully . If ever I am so happy as to change it for a married state , you shall ...
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Page 294 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow Through the sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine: While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before: Oft listening how the hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn, From the side of some hoar...
Page 295 - When, in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ;Then lies him down the lubber fiend. And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Page 295 - And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Page 297 - And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Page 296 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Page 290 - HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy ! Find out some uncouth cell Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings And the night-raven sings ; There under ebon shades, and low-browed rocks As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Page 270 - Take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatsoever else may hinder us from godly Union and Concord : that, as there is but one Body, and one Spirit, and one Hope of our Calling, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of us all, so we may henceforth be all of one heart, and of one soul, united in one holy bond of Truth and Peace, of Faith and Charity, and may with one mind and one mouth glorify Thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 311 - I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully and magnanimously, all the offices, both private and publick, of peace and war.
Page 291 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Page 293 - And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides: — Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...