The British Controversialist and Literary MagazineHoulston and Stonemen, 1859 |
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... Death , succeeded by his grandson , Charles V. , the life - long rival of ch monarch . The frontier states of Francis were by this enaced both on the Flemish and the Spanish sides ; for vas also sovereign of the Netherlands . The ...
... Death , succeeded by his grandson , Charles V. , the life - long rival of ch monarch . The frontier states of Francis were by this enaced both on the Flemish and the Spanish sides ; for vas also sovereign of the Netherlands . The ...
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... death . Towards midnight a vision stole upon his soul , and er , not yet bereft of his miraculous healing powers , appeared him . The ebbing tide of life returned ; the failing pulses ned ; the soul , already imped for flight , sat down ...
... death . Towards midnight a vision stole upon his soul , and er , not yet bereft of his miraculous healing powers , appeared him . The ebbing tide of life returned ; the failing pulses ned ; the soul , already imped for flight , sat down ...
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... death . The Combes make no cular inquiry into the origin of man , nor do they endeavour to us new light as to his destiny . They devote their attention to uty while on earth . They commence at the very earliest stages ildhood , and ...
... death . The Combes make no cular inquiry into the origin of man , nor do they endeavour to us new light as to his destiny . They devote their attention to uty while on earth . They commence at the very earliest stages ildhood , and ...
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... death . , this is an assertion that cannot be supported by facts . aps they mean to say that very few people have lived in accor- e with the natural laws . This may be very true . The vast rity have not come up to the requirements they ...
... death . , this is an assertion that cannot be supported by facts . aps they mean to say that very few people have lived in accor- e with the natural laws . This may be very true . The vast rity have not come up to the requirements they ...
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... death is just an entry into another mode xistence ? To die is to become extinct , so far as regards life , ght , and feeling . Now , we feel an ever - living principle within Nature teaches us that it is simply our bodies that die . We ...
... death is just an entry into another mode xistence ? To die is to become extinct , so far as regards life , ght , and feeling . Now , we feel an ever - living principle within Nature teaches us that it is simply our bodies that die . We ...
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Page 270 - AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run ; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise To pay thy morning sacrifice.
Page 354 - And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the laws, Parliaments ought to be held frequently.
Page 354 - That levying money for or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
Page 354 - That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Page 109 - It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy.
Page 223 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks...
Page 117 - Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company...
Page 134 - I made them lay their hands in mine and swear To reverence the King, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it, To honor his own word as if his God's, To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her...
Page 117 - WANDERED lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils, Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
Page 296 - How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes ill deeds done...