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... manner , some of his difficulties in the pursuit of knowledge , and gives a sketch of his experience as a " pioneer preacher . " " MR . PRESIDENT : I sincerely thank you for your honourable recognition of the Clergy . Perhaps that ...
... manner , some of his difficulties in the pursuit of knowledge , and gives a sketch of his experience as a " pioneer preacher . " " MR . PRESIDENT : I sincerely thank you for your honourable recognition of the Clergy . Perhaps that ...
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... manner , if possible , as to leave no trace behind . Rapid in thought , and prompt in action , he instantly sprang upon his victims , and , grasping the throat of each , jumped into the river . He thrust the head of the eldest under ...
... manner , if possible , as to leave no trace behind . Rapid in thought , and prompt in action , he instantly sprang upon his victims , and , grasping the throat of each , jumped into the river . He thrust the head of the eldest under ...
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... manner of questions , such as , " Where did you come from ? Where are you going to ? lawyer , I suppose ? No ? Then you must be a doctor ? " To all of which and many more , our friend responded as briefly as possible . The bewildered ...
... manner of questions , such as , " Where did you come from ? Where are you going to ? lawyer , I suppose ? No ? Then you must be a doctor ? " To all of which and many more , our friend responded as briefly as possible . The bewildered ...
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... manner of exposure and privation , but it was thought that this circuit would put him to the uttermost test . It was a wild mountainous tract in western Virginia , sparsely populated by hunters , who were there for the game and peltry ...
... manner of exposure and privation , but it was thought that this circuit would put him to the uttermost test . It was a wild mountainous tract in western Virginia , sparsely populated by hunters , who were there for the game and peltry ...
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... manners before you come to church next time . But I don't mean him . " And now , " again pointing at his mark , " that little girl sitting there , about half way of the house - I should judge her to be about sixteen years old — that's ...
... manners before you come to church next time . But I don't mean him . " And now , " again pointing at his mark , " that little girl sitting there , about half way of the house - I should judge her to be about sixteen years old — that's ...
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The Rifle, Axe, and Saddle-Bags, and Other Lectures William Henry 1923-1903 [From Milburn No preview available - 2016 |
RIFLE AXE & SADDLE-BAGS & OTHE William Henry 1923-1903 Milburn,John 1814-1870 McClintock No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 77 - Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous Dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men.
Page 81 - MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 73 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Page 77 - I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors.
Page 100 - Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river: Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery Swift to be hurl'd — Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world...
Page 77 - We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men, how we spill that seasoned life of man, preserved and stored up in books; since we see a kind of homicide may be thus committed, sometimes a martyrdom...
Page 53 - Eternal coeternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate! Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Page 79 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask? The conscience, friend, to...
Page 81 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt. Dispraise or blame, nothing but well and fair. And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 74 - Next, (for hear me out now, readers,) that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances,* which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over all Christendom.